Bulgaria Holds National Day of Mourning for Patriarch Maxim

A black flag is mounted at the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, where the funeral service and mass for the deceased patriarch will be held on Friday. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria holds Friday a day of national mourning over the death of n Orthodox Patriarch Maxim, who passed away early on Tuesday at the age of 98.

Patriarch Maxim will be buried Friday at the Troyan Monastery in central northern Bulgaria, near his home village of Oreshak.

The funeral service and mass for the deceased patriarch will start Friday at 9 am at the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, where Maxim's body will be laid in state before being interred in Troyan.

The funeral service will be aired live on the Bulgarian National Television (BNT).