Bulgarian Church to Name 3 Patriarch Candidates

The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church will name Friday and Saturday the three candidates for the position of patriarch.

The new Bulgarian patriarch will be chosen at a national church council the following Sunday, February 24.

A candidate must be a serving metropolitan bishop, to have been in that position for at least 5 years, and to be over 50 years of age.

Bulgarian Orthodox Church long-serving Patriarch Maxim passed away of old age on November 6, 2012.

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