Sofia. Holy Synod, ruling body of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, will hold a sitting today over a petition launched by priests in the coastal city Varna in which they express their discontent with the results from the first round of elections for Metropolitan Bishop of Varna and Veliki Preslav. The sitting is scheduled to start […]

The solicitor for Salem Township said the person who controlled the process to secure an $11 million loan at the heart of new corruption charges against former Sen. Raphael Musto was local engineer Michael Pasonick. FBI agents seized records related to the loan last year, but no township official or employee has been interview or […]

The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has decided to cancel the first round of the vote for metropolitan bishop of Varna and Veliki Preslav. The decision comes after representatives of both clergy and laity said they have grounds to believe that the election was rigged. The first round vote, which took place last […]

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Bishop Ignatii, one of two candidates shortlisted in a disputed election on November 17 for the new Metropolitan of Varna, said on November 18 that he was withdrawing because the election was flawed. Ignatii ran one vote behind the other candidate, Bishop Boris, in a contest marred by controversy before and after […]

Eleven out of a total of fifteen Bulgarian Metropolitan bishops have been exposed as former agents of the country’s former Communist State Security. All eleven exposed Metropolitan bishops have collaborated with State Security’s notorious 6th directorate, the one engaged in “fighting political diversion” during the Communist dictatorship in the Balkan country that ended in 1989. […]

Bulgaria’s Varna and Veliki Preslav Bishop Kiril, who caused a scandal after showing up before his congregation with a 2012 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid, has not really resigned his post, according to the Varna Bishopric. On Wednesday, Bulgarian media reported that Kiril quit his job, citing “dissatisfaction with the management of the Holy Synod of the […]

Varna Metropolitan Kirill will submit his resignation before the Holy Synod no later than Easter. The news was reported Sunday by Darik radio, citing people who say they heard Kiril make the statement during the mass he led at the city’s cathedral. The Bishop laconically told the surprised laymen that the decision is final and […]

The dead body of Varna metropolitan bishop Kiril, a former interim Patriarch and one of the most powerful members of the country’s senior clergy, was discovered near Varna on Tuesday. The body was discovered on a beach in the exurban area of Trakata. Prosecutors suspect foul play, according to the Bulgarian National Radio. Bishop Kiril […]

The first round of elections for new metropolitan bishop of third largest Bulgarian city Varna has been unfairly conducted, according to a number of reports. The first round vote, which took place Sunday, elected Bachkovo Monastery abbot Boris and little-known bishop Ignatius as contestants for the second round. According to a publication by the Bulgarian […]

Two priests were arrested in Trikala and then convicted by Larissa’s Court of Assize to 18 years and 6 years imprisonment on charges of embezzling a total of 930,000 Euros that were destined for the payroll of clergymen in Farsala. According to the indictment, the two priests from Farsala, who were responsible for collecting and […]