Interview with Metropolitan Gabriel of Lovech

A fascinating Bulgarian-language interview with Metropolitan Gabriel of Lovech of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church about the Bulgarian Diaspora in the Komi Republic of the Russian Federation can be found here. The Russian Orthodox Church recently asked the Church of Bulgaria to send a priest to Komi to care for the Bulgarians there and organize a Bulgarian-language school, the prospects for which Metropolitan Gabriel was investigating during his recent visit to Russia.

Representatives of Russian and Bulgarian Orthodox Churches Meet

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokolamsk has met in Moscow with representatives of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church to discuss relations between the sister Orthodox Churches and particularly the pastoral care of Bulgarians living in Russia's Komi Republic. More here.