SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria's Orthodox Church on Sunday elected Daniil, a 52-year-old metropolitan considered to be pro-Russian, as its new leader in a vote that reflected the divisions in the ...

SOFIA, BulgariaSOFIA, Bulgaria — Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria, who was the first elected head of the Orthodox Church in the post-communist Balkan country, died at a hospital in Sofia. He was 78. The ...

This video shows the Orthodox Temple of the Seven Saints in Sofia with its domed architecture, landscaped square, mature trees, surrounding streets, and dense residential buildings. The view ...

ISTANBUL (RNS)—On Sunday, leaders of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church will gather in Sofia to decide on their new spiritual head — the Patriarch of All Bulgaria. The Bulgarian Church’s last patriarch, ...

(RNS) — After three high-ranking members of the Russian Orthodox Church were expelled from Bulgaria on charges of espionage last month, their former church is not only at the center of a diplomatic ...

The abbot of the Russian Orthodox Church in Sofia and two clerics from Belarus accused of espionage have left Bulgaria after being designated a threat to national security. The Russian Church in Sofia ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew welcomed Greece’s decision to hand over Tsar Samuel’s remains to Bulgaria, stressing that ...

Bulgaria’s Orthodox Church elected Daniil, a 52-year-old metropolitan considered to be pro-Russian, as its new leader Sunday in a vote that reflected the divisions in the church and wider society ...

SOFIA, March 13 (Reuters) - Patriarch Neophyte, a soft-spoken theologian who sought to restore the reputation of the Bulgarian Orthodox church hurt by links to businessmen and communist secret police, ...