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Bulgaria's Patriarch Neophyte serves festive Nativity liturgy

published on 12/25/20 11:01 AM

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His Holiness the Bulgarian Patriarch and Metropolitan of Sofia Neophyte has led the festive liturgy on the occasion of the Nativity of Christ. He greeted the Christians with the words: "In the days and months of new and severe trials, which we share with the whole world and all humanity, we are again overtaken by the one-of-a-kind joy and hope that rose today with Christ's Nativity."

A prayer to address the coronavirus pandemic was also read during the service.

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