On February 23, Bulgaria marks the 150 th anniversary since the First Council of the Church and the People in Constantinople in 1871. 12 clerics and 36 laymen took part in it. The council drafted and adopted the statute of the Bulgarian Exarchate...
The Bulgarian Orthodox Community in Istanbul, along with Christians throughout Turkey, welcomed the Resurrection of Christ. This year the believers stayed at their homes. Priest Angel Velkov, the Bulgarian priest in Istanbul, served the festive Pascal..
