of the slaughter of the villagers of Boyadzhik by the Ottoman Turks and was celebrated by Metropolitan Ioanikiy of Sliven with a memorial in Boyadzhik's Church of St. Demetrius. The names of the victims of the massacre have been forwarded by the Eparchy of Sliven to the Bulgarian Orthodox Holy Synod to be glorified as New Martyrs. More (in Bulgarian) here.
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Showing posts with label Metropolitan Joannicius of Sliven. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Metropolitan Joannicius of Sliven. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Boyadzhik Commemorates Victims of Turkish Massacre
Yesterday marked the 135th anniversary 
of the slaughter of the villagers of Boyadzhik by the Ottoman Turks and was celebrated by Metropolitan Ioanikiy of Sliven with a memorial in Boyadzhik's Church of St. Demetrius. The names of the victims of the massacre have been forwarded by the Eparchy of Sliven to the Bulgarian Orthodox Holy Synod to be glorified as New Martyrs. More (in Bulgarian) here.
of the slaughter of the villagers of Boyadzhik by the Ottoman Turks and was celebrated by Metropolitan Ioanikiy of Sliven with a memorial in Boyadzhik's Church of St. Demetrius. The names of the victims of the massacre have been forwarded by the Eparchy of Sliven to the Bulgarian Orthodox Holy Synod to be glorified as New Martyrs. More (in Bulgarian) here.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Zographou Abbot Visits Sliven
The Abbot of the Zographou Monast
ery of St. George, Archimandrite Amvrosiy, is on a visit to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. (The Zographou Monastery is Mount Athos' Bulgarian-speaking monastery.) In the course of his visit Fr. Amvrosiy concelebrated the new style feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs with Metropolitan Joannicius of Sliven in St. Demetrius' Cathedral in Sliven. More here.
ery of St. George, Archimandrite Amvrosiy, is on a visit to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. (The Zographou Monastery is Mount Athos' Bulgarian-speaking monastery.) In the course of his visit Fr. Amvrosiy concelebrated the new style feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs with Metropolitan Joannicius of Sliven in St. Demetrius' Cathedral in Sliven. More here.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Bulgarian Orthodox Protest Restoring Apollo Statue
Metropolitan Joannicius of Sliven of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is strongly protesting the proposal of authorities in the seaside town of Sozopol to restore a 13-meter high statue of the pagan god Apollo that used to stand at the entrance to the town's harbor. The town was the site of the rediscovery of relics of St. John the Baptist over the summer, but is now the center of a controversy over Apollo's statue, which the town's mayor thinks will resemble the statue of Christ in Rio de Janeiro. More here.
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