On August 19, Metropolitan Nikolai of Plovdiv received in the episcopal city of Plovdiv a delegation led by Metropolitan Panteleimon of Xanthi, accompanied by students from youth camps organized by the Metropolis of Xanthi. The distinguished guests were welcomed together with the Metropolitan by Bishop Polycarp of Belogradchik and Bishop…| Orthodox Times (en)
On August 1, the first day of the Dormition Fast, Patriarch Daniel of Bulgaria presided over a hierarchical vespers service with a Supplicatory Canon to the Most Holy Theotokos at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Great Martyr Nedelya in Sofia. He was joined in service by Protopresbyter Biser Kostadinov, head…| Orthodox Times (en)
On Friday evening, July 25, 2025, Patriarch Daniel of Bulgaria celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Church of Saint Panteleimon in the town of Samokov, marking the 7th Sunday after Pentecost and the feast of the Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, as well as the Holy Seven Enlighteners of…| Orthodox Times (en)
On September 1, 2025, Patriarch Daniel of Bulgaria presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Nedelya in Sofia, marking the Feast of the Indiction, the beginning of the Orthodox Ecclesiastical New Year. Concelebrating with the Patriarch were Bishop Ioan of Branitzi, first vicar of the Metropolitan…| Orthodox Times (en)
Recently, an interview with Patriarch Daniel of Bulgaria was published, but it cannot be described as informative due to the numerous inaccuracies it contains. There is one-sided support for the positions of the Russian Orthodox Church and, unfortunately, no mention whatsoever of the Russian invasion that has been ongoing in…| Orthodox Times (en)
On Sunday, July 7th, hundreds of Sofia’s faithful, clergy, and devout Christians filled the Holy Metropolitan Cathedral of the Great Martyr Saint Kyriaki, on the occasion of the festal Divine Liturgy in honor of the saint bearing the same name, one of the most venerated across the Bulgarian land. On…| Orthodox Times (en)
On June 15, 2025, with the blessing of Metropolitan Daniel of Sofia and Bulgarian Patriarch, a water blessing service was held at St. Alexander Nevsky Square in Sofia. The prayer service was dedicated to the participants of the event called “The Great March for the Family,” organized by civic associations…| Orthodox Times (en)
“We celebrate the great feast of the Lord—Pentecost—the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Holy Apostles and the birthday of the Church. This is the event the Lord spoke of to the apostles before His Ascension: ‘Tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from…| Orthodox Times (en)