On 14 September the Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks one of the big feast days on the clerical calendar – the Day of the Holy Cross – one of four days of the year when believers honour the cross of Jesus. The other days fall on the third Sunday of..
On August 2, Bulgarians homage to Prophet St. Elijah according to the old style calendar. The day is marked on July 20 according to the new style. Prophet Elijah was one of the greatest Old Testament figures, an ardent opponent of paganism and a herald of..
The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has issued an official position on the reconversion of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque: “As a millennial shrine for all Christianity and a spiritual center of Orthodoxy, this temple is dear..
Today the Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks the Sunday of all Bulgarian saints. The Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Neophyte, served a festive liturgy in the Sofia-based Church of the Nativity of Christ. This is the newest holiday in the..
On May 2 the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors Saint-Tsar Boris I Michael regarded as baptizer of Bulgaria. Boris I, also known as Boris-Mihail was the ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire between 852 and 889. He introduced Christianity in..
On the official Facebook Page of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church - the Bulgarian Patriarchate all Bulgarians will be able to watch the Easter festive service. The church liturgy will be broadcast live from the Patriarchal Cathedral of Saint Alexander..
All Eastern Orthodox Easter worship services will be taking place in front of the churches, Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev announced after a meeting with the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The major worship services will be..
The head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neophyte said, in an interview for the Russian TASS news agency, that the upcoming visit to Bulgaria by Russia’s Patriarch Kirill will serve to promote the spiritual unity of the two nations...
The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has announced that commissions of the Orthodox Churches of Bulgaria and Macedonia have prepared a plan for cooperation aimed at fulfilling the request of the Macedonian church to be recognized as..
At a meeting in Sofia, the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has been discussing the recent request of the Macedonian Orthodox Church for recognition of its autocephaly (independence). Upon entering the Synod, Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte..