Orthodox Church to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and then concelebrating with Patriarch Bartholomew (Arhondonis) of Constantinople on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the latter's election as ecumenical patriarch. After his time in Constantinople Metropolitan Gabriel visited the two Bulgarian-speaking parishes in Adrianople (Edirne in Turkish) before returning to Bulgaria. More (in Bulgarian) here.
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Showing posts with label St. Stephen's Iron Church in Constantinople. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Stephen's Iron Church in Constantinople. Show all posts
Friday, May 27, 2011
Bulgarian Orthodox Metropolitan Visits Constantinople, Turkish Thrace
Metropolitan Gabriel of Lovech has made a pastoral visit the Bulgarian Diaspora in Constantinople and Turkish-occupied Thrace, first visiting St. Stephen's Iron Church in Constantinople, the representation of the Bulgarian 
Orthodox Church to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and then concelebrating with Patriarch Bartholomew (Arhondonis) of Constantinople on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the latter's election as ecumenical patriarch. After his time in Constantinople Metropolitan Gabriel visited the two Bulgarian-speaking parishes in Adrianople (Edirne in Turkish) before returning to Bulgaria. More (in Bulgarian) here.
Orthodox Church to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and then concelebrating with Patriarch Bartholomew (Arhondonis) of Constantinople on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the latter's election as ecumenical patriarch. After his time in Constantinople Metropolitan Gabriel visited the two Bulgarian-speaking parishes in Adrianople (Edirne in Turkish) before returning to Bulgaria. More (in Bulgarian) here.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Constantinople's Bulgarians Celebrate Pascha
Thousands of Constantinople's Bulgarian residents celebrated the Lord's Pascha in the imperial city's Iron Church of St. Stephen. More here.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Constantinople's 'Iron Church' to be Restored
The former seat of the Bulgarian Orthodox exarchs in Constantinople, the 'Iron Church' of St. Stephen, is to be repaired with substantial assistance
from the Turkish government. The church served as the first cathedra of the Bulgarian Orthodox first hierarchs when the Church of Bulgaria regained her autocephaly from the Greek-controlled Ecumenical Patriarchate, which had used its influence at the Ottoman court to have it suppressed (as they also had the independent Churches of Ohrid and Serbia abolished). More here.
from the Turkish government. The church served as the first cathedra of the Bulgarian Orthodox first hierarchs when the Church of Bulgaria regained her autocephaly from the Greek-controlled Ecumenical Patriarchate, which had used its influence at the Ottoman court to have it suppressed (as they also had the independent Churches of Ohrid and Serbia abolished). More here.
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