Plovdiv Metropolitan Accuses Bulgarian Politician of "Cave Nationalism"

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church's Metropolitan Nikolai of Plovdiv has accused the leader of Bulgarian ultranationalist party Ataka, Volen Siderov, of "cave nationalism" and protested his attempts "on two occasions to involve the Bulgarian Church in scandals." More here.

Batak Prepares to Celebrate the New Martyrs

Yesterday Metropolitan Nikolai of Plovdiv made a visit to Holy Resurrection Church in Batak, Bulgaria, to wash and anoint the relics of the Batak New Martyrs of the Ottoman Yoke recently glorified by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. On Monday a ceremony will be held in Batak's main square to welcome an icon of the New Martyrs, after which the hierarchy of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and guest hierarchs from abroad will celebrate the Divine Liturgy in honor of the New Martyrs. More here.

Plovdiv Metropolitan Joins in Condemnation of Bulgarian Occult

Metropolitan Nikolai of Plovdiv of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has joined in the public condemnation of occultism in Bulgaria, calling on the faithful of his diocese to avoid association with the popular mystic Vanga and other anti-Church spiritual figures. More here.