Pope Francis is seeking to build new paths of dialogue with the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, noting Christianity’s shared history of martyrdom and mission. Francis met Sunday with Patriarch Neofit at ...

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church, which is famous for its long-lasting ties with Russia, has elected their new Patriarch, 52-year-old Daniil who openly supported the full-scale Russian invasion of ...

There was an air of expectancy as Pope Francis entered the Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarchate in Sofia, the capital city of this majority Orthodox Christian country, where Patriarch Neofit and the ...

ISTANBUL (RNS) — Neophyte I, patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, has died at the age of 78 after a long illness, the church announced Wednesday (March 13). According to the statement, his ...

ISTANBUL (RNS) — Many who opposed Daniil, the new Patriarch of All Bulgaria, worry that his election represents a sharp turn away from the policies of his predecessor, Neophyte I, who is remembered as ...

VATICAN CITY—A determined Pope John Paul II completed his 96th foreign pastoral visit last week, spending five days in Azerbaijan and Bulgaria. The Holy Father used the trip to praise those who ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Thousands of Orthodox Christians from across Bulgaria flocked to Sofia’s main Alexander Nevski Cathedral on Friday to pay their respects to their late spiritual leader, Patriarch ...

This week has not been a very good one for the arts. Or history. The very same week President Trump announced that he was, once again, trying to eliminate funding for the National Endowment for the ...

A council of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has elected Metropolitan Daniil of Vidin as the church's new patriarch. The election by 69 of 138 delegates puts a man seen as a pro-Russian who is close to ...

In Bulgaria Sunday, Pope Francis said Catholics and Orthodox are united by the blood of the martyrs and the Christians who continue to suffer for the faith even today. "How many Christians in this ...

SOFIA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Bulgarian Christians flocked to the Orthodox temples for outdoor services on a surreal Saturday night with the Balkan state one of the few countries where churches ...