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Yesterday the ordinary meeting of the Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church was concluded, during which the theme of the recognition of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine was the main subject. That's what the religious portal Cerkvarium reports.
Supporters of the three persistent Russophiles (of whom we have already spoken) – Metropolitan Gabriel Lovchansky (about his financial ties with Moscow, we wrote separately), John Varna and Danylo Vidinsky – organized a rally in front of the Synod in support of the position of the Moscow Patriarchate and the call to condemn the acts of Patriarch Bartholomew.
Metropolitan Ioanika Slivensky, Anthony of Western Europe, Seraphim Nevrokopsky and Gregory Vrachan joined the Synod of Promoskovsk.
who asked the patriarch and the synod to support the position of the Russian Orthodox Church and its branches in Ukraine, the territorial integrity of the Moscow Patriarchate, including those located outside of the Russian Federation, and to declare the heretical ecumenical patriarch. RECOGNITION OF THE METROPOLITAN EPIFANIA
However, thanks to the position of the patriarch of the Bulgarian neophyte, who promised the day of his birthday the recognition of the CPSU at the last meeting of the Synod, the request was sent back to the canon. Second Commission.
Patriarch Neophyte, unlike his Serbian counterpart, is of the opinion that independent country should be autocephalous church. The following metropolitans took him to the Synod: Joseph, Gregory of Veliko Tarnovo, Ignatius of Pleven, Plovdiv Nicholas, Dorostol Ambrose, the Russian Naum and the Cyprian of Starozagorsk. Thus, despite the increase in the size of the pro-Moscow party, it did not win the majority (7 against 8, including the patriarch).
On January 22 and 24, the Synod was marked by the appearance at the Synod meeting of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, as well as the Minister of Finance, Vladislav Goranov. The participation of the latter is related to the adoption of a new law on religion, according to which all members of the clergy of the country will receive a base salary of 920 leva (about 450 euros), which is paid on taxpayer funds.
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The Synod also identified two metropolitans who will represent the BPC's celebration of the Decade of Election and D & # 39; enthronement of Moscow Patriarch Cyril: Moscow will be sent to Metropolitan Cyprian Starozagorsky and Daniel Vidinsky. The next meeting of the Synod is scheduled for the end of February
On the eve of the meeting with the Patriarch and the Synod with open letters and appeals, several socio-political organizations spoke out. In particular, Bulgaria's oldest democratic political organization, the Bulgarian Union of Agricultural Peoples, has called for recognition of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, while the National Movement of "Rusophiles" has, on the one hand, asked the Synod to find a canonical solution to the Ukrainian question and, on the other hand, to make a decision "appropriate to the fraternal feelings of the Bulgarians". Russian people. "
Recall that the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, said that he guaranteed the protection of every parish that would decide to become a member of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. [19659003] On January 9, all members
On January 6, the signing ceremony of Tomas on autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, with the participation of Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko , metropolitan of Kiev and all over Ukraine, from Epiphany and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, held on January 6.
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