Bulgaria has a law securing religious freedom and immunity of worship to all religious sects. The Dunovisti make up a sect of 15,000 souls. For the last 21 years these Bulgarians, under 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 ...

Banov’s announcement followed objections from the Episcopal Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (the country’s highest religious body) and nationalists from Bulgaria’s ruling right-wing coalition, ...

But his efforts to warm relations with the Bulgarian Orthodox Church appeared to stall, as religious leaders stayed away from a peace meeting he convened and one powerful metropolitan called his ...

Aleksander Oscar, president of Bulgaria’s Jewish community, told Religion News Service, “He will be remembered as a highly respected leader of the Bulgarian church, a dignified successor of ...

So when Bulgarian archeologists announced in 2010 ... scientist and an atheist who doesn’t believe in “any kind of religion or God or anything like that,” was asked to test six small bone ...

Bulgaria's Diaspora Minister Dimitrov said 106 religions are recognized in Bulgaria. Photo by BGNES The Bulgarian state has recognized the 106th religion on the territory of the country, Diaspora ...

His comments came during a public discussion on the planned introduction of a new subject, "Religion and Virtues," in Bulgarian schools, where he was joined by Patriarch Daniil and representatives ...

So when Bulgarian archeologists announced in 2010 ... scientist and an atheist who doesn’t believe in “any kind of religion or God or anything like that,” was asked to test six small bone ...