SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of Orthodox Christians from across Bulgaria flocked to Sofia’s main Alexander Nevski Cathedral on Friday to pay their respects to their late spiritual leader, ...

ISTANBUL (RNS) — Many who opposed Daniil, the new Patriarch of All Bulgaria, worry that his election represents a sharp turn away from the policies of his predecessor, Neophyte I, who is remembered as ...

ISTANBUL (RNS) — Neophyte I, patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, has died at the age of 78 after a long illness, the church announced Wednesday (March 13). According to the statement, his ...

SOFIA, BulgariaSOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgarians lined the streets of Sofia on Saturday to bid farewell to the late Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte. The spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Orthodox Christians died ...

VATICAN CITY—A determined Pope John Paul II completed his 96th foreign pastoral visit last week, spending five days in Azerbaijan and Bulgaria. The Holy Father used the trip to praise those who ...

SOFIA, March 16 (Reuters) - Thousands of Bulgarians joined Orthodox Christian priests on Saturday in a procession carrying late Bulgarian patriarch Neophyte to a Sofia cathedral where he was laid to ...

The election of a new patriarch is intensifying divisions within the Bulgarian Orthodox Church between pro-Russian and anti-Russian factions. Bulgaria’s election calendar was packed this month, as ...

Bulgarika will provide music at the 4th annual Bulgarian Festival Sept. 30 in Madison. MADISON — The 4th annual Bulgarian Festival is planned 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30., at Holy Trinity ...

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian worshippers thronged Sofia's golden-domed Alexander Nevsky Cathedral on Friday to pay their last respects to Orthodox Christian Patriarch Neophyte who died this week aged ...