The fully renovated Bulgarian church St Stephen in Istanbul will be officially unveiled and sanctified at the end of this week at the big Christian feast Ivanovden (the Day of Saint John The Baptist). In 2018 the Bulgarian Iron Church marks its 120th anniversary. It was built thanks to the efforts of the Bulgarian community in Istanbul (Tsarigrad). On Sunday his Holiness Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will sanctify the renovated church together. Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov and Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan will attend the event. Regular church services will be held in St Stephen church after its sanctification on Sunday.
Conditions for winter sports and hiking in the mountains are good. The weather in the mountains is sunny and clear, with a light wind in some parts on higher ground, according to the website of the mountain rescue service of the Bulgarian Red..
The Visitor Centre on Lake Pomorie will be welcoming visitors free of charge today, 1 February, on the occasion of World Wetlands Day, which will be celebrated on 2 February. This was announced by the Municipality of Pomorie. The centre will be open..
On Saturday, fog or low clouds will cover the plains and sheltered valleys. Minimum temperatures will be between 0 and 5°C, around 1°C in Sofia. Sunny weather will prevail during the day, with more clouds in the northeast and in the afternoon in the..
Economists and financiers have started a petition demanding that a request for an extraordinary convergence report on the introduction of the euro in..
The Deputy Chairman of VMRO, Carlos Contrera, called for a boycott of large food chains in Bulgaria ''because of high prices''. His call on Facebook..
Some of the existing mobile networks in Bulgaria will be switched off in 2025. The Chairman of the Communications Regulation Commission, Ivan..
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