Republic of Bulgaria National Assembly

03/15/2024 | Press release | Archived content

15/03/2024 National Assembly President Rosen Zhelyazkov bade farewell to His Holiness the Bulgarian Patriarch and Sofia Metropolitan Neophyte in the Cathedral of St. Alexander[...]

National Assembly President Rosen Zhelyazkov bade farewell to His Holiness the Bulgarian Patriarch and Sofia Metropolitan Neophyte in the Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevski

15/03/2024

National Assembly President Rosen Zhelyazkov bade farewell to His Holiness the Bulgarian Patriarch and Sofia Metropolitan Neophyte in the Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevski. The Bulgarian Patriarch and Sofia Metropolitan Neophyte died on 13 March after a long illness.

By decision of the Holy Synod, the mortal remains of His Holiness the Bulgarian Patriarch are lying in state in the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevski. All Orthodox Christians can bow down and say farewell to the reposed Primate of our native Orthodox Church.