Bulgarian parliament recognized Bulgarian Orthodox Church as the sole representative of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in the country, after a new bill adopted by the parliament. The bill was ...

An Orthodox priest speaks during a mass for the 'sanctification of honey', at the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin church ...

TASS/. The Bulgarian authorities have decided to expel the dean of the Sofia Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archimandrite Vassian, from the country, the Russian Embassy in Bulgaria ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria, who was the first elected head of the Orthodox Church in the post-communist Balkan country, died at a hospital in Sofia. He was 78.

But the Bulgarian Orthodox Church rejected the idea of joining prayers or services with him. In a statement last month, it explained its position, saying that the invitation for the Pope's visit ...

SOFIA, March 14. /TASS/. Patriarch Neophyte, or Neofit, of Bulgaria has died at the age of 78, the Bulgarian Patriarchate said. "After a protracted illness, His Holiness Patriarch of Bulgaria and ...

Mikita said the Protestant reformation was a response to the excesses and abuses of the Roman Catholic Church of the late middle ages. He believes that if western Europeans of that era had had access ...

Orthodox priests sing and pray during a mass for the 'sanctification of honey' around honey jars with candles arranged in ...