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MOC invites BOC for the 1000th anniversary of the Ohrid Archbishopric, SOC will celebrate separately

The Macedonian Orthodox Church - Ohrid Archbishopric (MOC-OA) has invited the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (BOC) to mark the 1000 year anniversary of the Ohrid Archbishopric. Archbishop Stefan told the Bulgarian agency BGNES that the invitation was sent to Bulgarian patriarch Neofit and to the state leadership of Bulgaria for a joint celebration of the millennial anniversary of the establishment of...

Russian Patriarch Cyril and Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte will discuss the status of the MOC

The status of the Macedonian Orthodox Church - Ohrid Archbishopric will be the topic of the meeting between Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte and the Russian Patriarch Cyril, who is paying a visit to Sofia today and tomorrow to mark the 140th anniversary of the liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule. This was confirmed by Bulgarian Metropolitan Anthony in a statement on...

The Greek Church “is praying” for their sister BOC not to become the MOC’s mother church

The Holy Archaeological Synod of the Greek Church at yesterday’s meeting reviewed the BOC's decision to accept the request, as the statement said, "to the schismatic church" to assume the role of "mother church". "On this occasion, the Holy Synod expresses concern, because of the fact of interference, with that decision, made by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in the jurisdiction...

MOC: The BOC’s decision gives hope for a final solution to our autocephaly

The Holy Bishop's Synod of the Macedonian Orthodox Church - Ohrid Archbishopric (MOC-OA) expressed gratitude to the Bulgarian patriarch Neofit and to the members of the Holy Bishop's Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, who today came to the decision to accept to be the mother church of the MOC. "The adopted decision of the BOC's BAP gives hope for...

The BOC has accepted to be the MOC’s mother church

The Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church - the Bulgarian Patriarchate accepted the request to be the mother church of the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOA) and to represent it in front of the local Orthodox churches. The Synod of Bulgarian Orthodox Church (BOC) at today's sitting reviewed the letter from the Archbishop of MOC-OA, HH. Stefan, which was sent on...

Zaev and Borisov do not want to interfere – they encourage both churches to find a solution

Macedonian and Bulgarian Prime Ministers, Zoran Zaev and Boyko Borisov, today said they respect the secular character of their two countries and do not want to interfere in the work and cooperation of the two churches, but they can encourage them to find a solution in the spirit of good neighborly relations and friendship. "I hope that it will come...