This year, the holiday of Christmas for the Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese in the United States, Canada and Australia is especially exciting! Metropolitan Joseph’s long-standing prayers to have his own vicar bishop have come true. His previous vicar from 2010 to 2018 was Daniil Dragovitiyski, the current Bulgarian Patriarch and Metropolitan of Sofia, who put his heart and soul into the development of the diocese and the communities within it.
Six years later, by decision of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Bulgarian Patriarchate, Archimandrite Kliment – a cleric of the Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox diocese in the USA, Canada and Australia, was elevated to episcopal rank with the title of Levkiyski.
Metropolitan Joseph tells how in a miraculous way the monks saw the painted image of St. George the Victorious and thus gave his name to the Zograf Monastery. As a monk from Zograf, Bishop Kliment, he has two heavenly patrons - St. George the Victorious and St. Clement of Ohrid the Miracle Worker:
The Zograf Monastery on Mount Athos has a new abbot. Hieromonk Gavriil has been elected as the new abbot of the monastery, reported the website of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. "On Lazarus Saturday, the Zograf Monastery on Mount Athos held elections to..
Pipes from the end of the 17 th , the 18 th and the 19 th century and the tradition of growing tobacco in Bulgaria are presented in the newest exposition at the Museum of Archaeology in Burgas. “Pipes like this are to be found often on the..
In Bulgaria, when we talk about a person with bad luck, we often say: "Ah, what a Marko Totev!" But who exactly was Marko Totev, and how did his name become a byword for a person with ill fortune and a bad luck? "He was a Bulgarian public figure..
The Zograf Monastery on Mount Athos has a new abbot. Hieromonk Gavriil has been elected as the new abbot of the monastery, reported the website of the..
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