For the first time in 500 years, the chants of the Divine Liturgy echoed through the ruins of the medieval monastery ''St. John the Baptist'' on St. John Island near Sozopol. The occasion was the commemoration of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist,..
For the second time this year, the icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Golden Apple, considered miraculous for Orthodox Christians, will be exposed for worship in the town of Haskovo in Southern Bulgaria. This is announced by the Holy Metropolis of..
On March 11 Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors the memory of St. Sophronius, Bishop of Vratsa. Sophronius, who was a beacon of spirituality and prominent revival writer and enlightener, is the heavenly patron of Vratsa and the diocese. Metropolitan..
A festive liturgy for the Nativity of Jesus Christ was celebrated in all churches in the country. From the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, Patriarch Neophyte blessed the Bulgarians for the great Christian holiday. In a message to the..
Dozens of believers filled the St. Nedelya church in Sofia today for the Palm Sunday liturgy. Every attendee was able to take home willow twigs which have been blessed, as is customary on this day. By a tradition the twigs are made into..
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..
