Bulgarian health Minister Asena Serbezova is in Istanbul to participate in a High-level meeting on Health and Migration in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region , the ministry's press office said. The two-days forum in Turkey today..
For the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic, Bulgarians in Istanbul gathered for a Christmas Mass at the Bulgarian St. Stephen's Church. The service was led by Metropolitan Cyprian of Stara Zagora, who is also..
The Sunday school “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” in Istanbul has opened its classrooms after a pandemic year spent in solitude at home in front of the computer screen. And while the school bell decorated with a Bulgarian national flag heralded the..
The Montreux Convention will not apply to the Istanbul Canal The Montreux Convention regarding the Straits will not apply to the future Istanbul Canal, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Istanbul Canal has nothing to do..
The director of the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Nayden Todorov, will lead the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert which can be watched online on the orchestra's website , starting at 7 pm on November 19, BTA reports. The soloist is..
For a month now, a clergyman from the Ecumenical Patriarchate has been taking care of the Bulgarian municipality in Istanbul . After a long service, the former priest returned to Bulgaria and another clergyman was appointed in his place by the..
The Chora Church* in Istanbul, world-famous for its unique frescoes, will probably follow the fate of the emblematic Hagia Sophia in the Turkish capital. The news of its conversion into a mosque, following a decree of Turkish President Recep..
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul has universal value. It must continue to represent the diversity of religious, cultural and historical heritage . We will do everything possible to preserve the Christian symbols in the temple so its conversion into a mosque..
"We join the calls of the international community to preserve the existing access to the monument, given its history and its symbolic significance for Christianity and Islam . We expect the universal historical value of the monument to be preserved as..
The Bulgarian Orthodox Community in Istanbul, along with Christians throughout Turkey, welcomed the Resurrection of Christ. This year the believers stayed at their homes. Priest Angel Velkov, the Bulgarian priest in Istanbul, served the festive Pascal..
