On the day when the Bulgarian Exarchate celebrates 153 years since its establishment, His Eminence the Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte has called on all Christians to further strengthen their personal and common prayer for peace in the world in the days..
The Great Lent preceding Easter in Orthodox Christianity in 2023 begins on February 27 - the Monday after Cheesefare Sunday (Sirni Zagovezni). The Great Lent lasts seven weeks and ends a day before the Orthodox Easter , which this year falls on..
In the Orthodox calendar, Mesni Zagovezhni (Meatfare Sunday) is an important feast that is always celebrated on Sunday, eight weeks before Easter. At the Sunday liturgy, the Gospels are read. The Orthodox Church evokes the picture of the Last Judgment..
On the third day after Easter, when the Orthodox Church celebrates Bright Tuesday, a prayer procession takes place in Momchilovtsi village in the Rhodopes, known by the locals as St. Letenia. It is unique in this part of the country and was..
"On today's festive day, let us wish for health, joy and prosperity in every Bulgarian home," President Rumen Radev wrote on his Facebook account. He also wished Bulgarians in moments of hardship to be guided by reason, empathy and "our unity as..
On the festive Easter night, the head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neophyte announced the Resurrection of Christ at St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia. The temple and the square in front of it were filled with the..
Prime Minister Kiril Petkov will attend tonight the festive service for the holiest Christian holiday of the Resurrection of Christ at the Church of the Мiraculous success in Tsarevo , Burgas Region. Before that he will inspect the damage from..
At midnight, the faithful in Bulgaria will take away from the Orthodox temples part of the Holy Fire brought from Jerusalem last year. The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has decided that a church delegation will not travel to Israel this..
On the eve of the Great Christian Feast of Holy Resurrection, Bulgarian Ministry of Health warns that the pandemic is not over yet and Covid-19 remains a health hazard. Bulgaria reports 609 new Covid-19 infections, 11 deaths Experts therefore..
Enormous eggs with wonderful Easter pictures painted on them are once again part of the decoration in front of Plovdiv's town council building in the city centre. The 70 cm to 1.20 m. sized-eggs were painted by the students from the National..