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 ...

SOFIA - Nikolai Balashov, a senior Russian Orthodox priest sanctioned by Ukraine and reportedly a former KGB colonel general, was granted entry into Bulgaria following the Patriarch’s invitation and ...

Worshipers gathered in a Bulgarian church on Monday (February 10) to light candles and say prayers on the day of the Orthodox patron saint of beekeepers, Haralampi. Priest Petar Stefanov explains his ...

The governing body of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod, unanimously elected on February 9 Branitsa Bishop ...

Russian, Greek, Bulgarian and Serbian Orthodox churches each have between 400,000 and 500,000 members. However, the figures might be higher: the Serbian Orthodox Church has applied for recognition ...

Surrounded by mountains in the heart of the Balkans, Sofia’s strategic location made it a focus for invasion over the centuries.

This imposing Bulgarian Orthodox church was constructed in 1882 to honour the Russian soldiers who died during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. It can hold 5000 people inside and is the ...

In a secret ballot vote in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s diocese of Vidin on February 2, two bishops were shortlisted to be ...

The churches using the Byzantine liturgy include the Albanian, Belarussian, Bulgarian, Croatian ... exists in Egypt the Coptic rite which is Orthodox and the Coptic rite that is loyal to the ...

Researchers took samples from the tooth in 2016. The results, not widely disseminated, showed it was from someone in the 5th ...

On January 17, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors St. Anthony the Great, a revered figure known for his ascetic life. According to his life story, he spent 20 years in solitude in a desert building ...