the fate of his church building in Sofia has continued to be a source of tension between Russia and Bulgaria and their two churches. The century-old St. Nicholas, named for the patron of the last ...

Today, the Orthodox Church celebrates the memory of St. Nicholas of Myra, known as the Wonderworker, with a holiday widely referred to as St. Nicholas Day or in Bulgaria: "Nikulden ...

was on Thursday booted out along with two employees of the St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker church in Sofia, according to a further statement by the Russian embassy in Bulgaria. “We are outraged by the ...

Patriarch Neophyte has appointed priests from Sofia who will take over the usual services in the Church of St. Nicholas the Miracle-Maker, known as the Russian Church. This was announced by the ...

The Cathedral and the city of Sofia beyond.Credit ... Just beside it, the much-overshadowed, sixth-century St Sophia is Bulgaria’s oldest church, and gave the city its current name.

Hundreds of people gathered to lay flowers at the base of the statue of Cyril and Methodius, creators of the Glagolitic script, which later evolved into the Cyrillic alphabet, in central Sofia, the ...

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 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 Orthodox Holy Synod said ...

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 ...

Campaigners warn that overfishing threatens to turn fishermen into the next endangered species. In Bulgaria, Saint Nicholas Day is celebrated as the Day of Fish and Fishermen. According to an old ...