Showing posts with label Patriarch Neofit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Patriarch Neofit. Show all posts
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Funeral Service| Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria - presided by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
.Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon was there as well.The narration is in Bulgarian,and the service is in Old Church Slavonic and some Greek.
Bulletin:His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Preside at Funeral of the late Bulgarian Patriarch Neofit in Sofia
The funeral will take place at St.Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia.The Ecumenical Patriarch will fly from Constantinople on 16 March with a full delegation from the Patriarchate.Invitations have been extended to all interested parties.Participation by Russian Orthodox and Romaninan Orthodox clergy is expected.Confirmations have been received from the Churches of Albania,Serbia and the Archbishopric of Ohrid (North Macedonia).The Ecumenical Patriarch will return to Constantinople the same day.
Monday, February 26, 2024
На многая лета, Светейши владико! - Many Years,Holy Vladyka! - posted by the Bulgarian Patriarchate - 24 February 2021
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This video was posted by the Bulgarian Patriarchate to commemorate the eleventh anniversary of the election of His Holiness Patriarch Neofit.His Holiness is ill.The commemoration was attended by several Bulgarian Metropolitans.They prayed for the Patriarch's health and well-being.
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Bulgarian Patriarch Visits Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew,Reopens Iron Church
According to the Press Office of the Ecumenical Patriarchate,His Holiness Patriarch Neophytos of Bulgaria visited His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople on 7 January 2018.Both Churches had observed Christmas on 25 December.This brief journey of Patriarch Neophytos was focused on the reopening of the Bulgarian Exarchate in Constantinople's St.Stephen's Church,the so-called Iron Church.*
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew welcomed the Bulgarian Primate to the Great Church of Christ with fraternal affection:
We welcome you to the Mother Church with much love and honour and cordiality.We rejoice because we encounter you at this time of the New Year,which we hope will be full of divine blessings for you personally,Your Holiness,and for the Holy Church of Bulgaria.We are delighted that your arrival in Constantinople is on the occasion of a very gratifying event such as the major renovation of the nearby St.Stephen's Church.This is a very big event for our city,for our Ecumenical Patriarchate,for the dear Bulgarian parish,and for all the Orthodox.We glorify God and wish that He will give us more such pleasant events and happy reunions.*
Patriarch Bartholomew went on to say:
I look forward to our further communication during the luncheon offered by the dear Bulgarian community,together with the Prime Minister of Bulgaria,to whom I will wish a blessed and successful Presidency of the European Union this semester.These are our wishes for the progress and visibility of Bulgaria,and I repeat them to Your Holiness and your dear entourage.*
Patriarch Neophytos was accompanied by the Metropolitans Gavriil of Roussos,Naoum of Loftsos and Kiprianos of Stara Zagora,as well as other clergy.Following their meeting,the two Primates went to the Bulgarian Exarchate in Sisli,Istanbul,where they prayed at the Church of St.John of Rila.Afterwards,they attended the official luncheon to mark the restoration of St.Stephen's Church.*
St.Stephen's was one of a number of pre-fabricated cast iron churches that were an architectural trend of the nineteenth century.It is one of the few iron churches surviving to this day,but had fallen into a decrepit condition.*
On 8 January 2018,President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov attended the reopening of St.Stephen's on its 120th anniversary.The restoration project began in 2011.It was financed by the Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul (four million dollars) and the Government of Bulgaria (250,000 dollars).*
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has about 6.5 million members in Bulgaria and some 1.5-2 million members in the diaspora.It is the most ancient of the Slavic Orthodox Churches,with its official origin in the conversion of Prince Boris I in 865.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew welcomed the Bulgarian Primate to the Great Church of Christ with fraternal affection:
We welcome you to the Mother Church with much love and honour and cordiality.We rejoice because we encounter you at this time of the New Year,which we hope will be full of divine blessings for you personally,Your Holiness,and for the Holy Church of Bulgaria.We are delighted that your arrival in Constantinople is on the occasion of a very gratifying event such as the major renovation of the nearby St.Stephen's Church.This is a very big event for our city,for our Ecumenical Patriarchate,for the dear Bulgarian parish,and for all the Orthodox.We glorify God and wish that He will give us more such pleasant events and happy reunions.*
Patriarch Bartholomew went on to say:
I look forward to our further communication during the luncheon offered by the dear Bulgarian community,together with the Prime Minister of Bulgaria,to whom I will wish a blessed and successful Presidency of the European Union this semester.These are our wishes for the progress and visibility of Bulgaria,and I repeat them to Your Holiness and your dear entourage.*
Patriarch Neophytos was accompanied by the Metropolitans Gavriil of Roussos,Naoum of Loftsos and Kiprianos of Stara Zagora,as well as other clergy.Following their meeting,the two Primates went to the Bulgarian Exarchate in Sisli,Istanbul,where they prayed at the Church of St.John of Rila.Afterwards,they attended the official luncheon to mark the restoration of St.Stephen's Church.*
St.Stephen's was one of a number of pre-fabricated cast iron churches that were an architectural trend of the nineteenth century.It is one of the few iron churches surviving to this day,but had fallen into a decrepit condition.*
On 8 January 2018,President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov attended the reopening of St.Stephen's on its 120th anniversary.The restoration project began in 2011.It was financed by the Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul (four million dollars) and the Government of Bulgaria (250,000 dollars).*
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has about 6.5 million members in Bulgaria and some 1.5-2 million members in the diaspora.It is the most ancient of the Slavic Orthodox Churches,with its official origin in the conversion of Prince Boris I in 865.
Monday, November 9, 2015
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Receives Honours in Bulgaria
Just a few days after he concluded his journey to Great Britain,His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew continued his European outreach when he arrived in Bulgaria on 7 November.On Sunday 8 November,Patriarch Bartholomew was greeted by his host,His Holiness Neofit,Patriarch of All Bulgaria,in front of St.Alexander Nevsky cathedral in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.The two hierarchs then concelebrated the Divine Liturgy in the cathedral to mark the St.Michael and All Angels feast day.Also attending the service were delegations from the Russian Orthodox Church;the Romanian Orthodox Church;diplomats;and the former Bulgarian king Simeon Saxe-Coburg.
His All Holiness praised the Bulgarian people for having stood up to the 500 years of Ottoman rule the country endured,adhering to the Orthodox faith brought to them by Sts.Cyril and Methodius.They had been the first people to accept baptism en masse.
It is a miracle that despite persecutions,massacres,severe economic aftermaths,your blessed people remained true to the faith of their fathers,Patriarch Bartholomew noted.
For his part,Patriarch Neofit said he was grateful for the support the Ecumenical Patriarchate has always shown to Bulgaria.*
On Monday 9 November,His All Holiness was received by President Rosen Plevneliev,who awarded him the country's highest honour,the Stara Planina Order first degree.President Plevneliev said Patriarch Bartholomew is an outstanding personality with immense influence in both the Orthodox and global world.His All Holiness does not isolate the Orthodox faith from the public deeds;and just the opposite:he always seeks harmony through dialogue.*
Patriarch Bartholomew was then to receive a Doctor Honoris Causa degree from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,as well as meet with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.
His All Holiness praised the Bulgarian people for having stood up to the 500 years of Ottoman rule the country endured,adhering to the Orthodox faith brought to them by Sts.Cyril and Methodius.They had been the first people to accept baptism en masse.
It is a miracle that despite persecutions,massacres,severe economic aftermaths,your blessed people remained true to the faith of their fathers,Patriarch Bartholomew noted.
For his part,Patriarch Neofit said he was grateful for the support the Ecumenical Patriarchate has always shown to Bulgaria.*
On Monday 9 November,His All Holiness was received by President Rosen Plevneliev,who awarded him the country's highest honour,the Stara Planina Order first degree.President Plevneliev said Patriarch Bartholomew is an outstanding personality with immense influence in both the Orthodox and global world.His All Holiness does not isolate the Orthodox faith from the public deeds;and just the opposite:he always seeks harmony through dialogue.*
Patriarch Bartholomew was then to receive a Doctor Honoris Causa degree from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,as well as meet with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.
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