Today marks 40 days since the passing of the Bulgarian Patriarch and Sofia Metropolitan Neophyte, the Bulgarian Patriarchate said. An episcopal divine liturgy will be served at Sveta Nedelya Cathedral Church at 9.00 am. A memorial service will..
His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte will be buried on the Southern side of the St. Nedelya church. On the day when the mortal remains of Patriarch Neophyte are lying in state in the St. Alexander Nevski cathedral, where he paid his last respects to His..
Truly venerated as the spiritual father and shepherd of the nation, Patriarch Neophyte has passed away. Clerics from the eparchy of Ruse, headed by Neophyte for 19 years, expressed great sorrow with the news of his demise. His Holiness the..
“During the past year our life was marked by the tragedy of a fratricidal war which broke out in the very heart of Christian Europe, in brotherly, Orthodox Ukraine. A conflict in which brothers in faith and in kin faced one another, a conflict which..
In the ordeal of the pandemic, we have witnessed so much grief and pain of countless prematurely lost human lives. Let us be wise and good, let us pray for the doctors and for all those who fight for human health and preservation of human life. May God..
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks eight years since the election and enthronement of His Holiness Neophyte as Bulgarian Patriarch and metropolitan bishop of Sofia, the Holy Metropolis of Sofia has announced. To mark the occasion a divine liturgy..
A solemn mass was held at the St. Alexander Nevsky cathedral to mark one of the 12 major Orthodox feasts – the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ, and a New Year's prayer service. “We hope and we pray that the past year, 2020, a year of the..
The Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte will lead the solemn services in the Patriarchal Cathedral of Saint Alexander Nevsky on the occasion of the Nativity of Christ . This was announced by the Bulgarian Patriarchate. On December 24, on Christmas Eve,..