Bulgarian patriarch who opposed Russia dies
Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Neophytos of Sofia died at the age of 78. The Holy Synod of the BOC officially confirmed the death of its primate. As a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, Metropolitan of the BOC of Western and Central European Anthony (Mikhalev) informed the world about the death of Patriarch Neophytos half an hour before the official statement of the Holy Synod. “On March 13, after a long illness at the Military Medical Academy (VMA Sofia) due to...