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		<title>Bulgarian church robbed, desecrated for the third time in recent years</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 4, 2019. A church in the Bulgarian city of Vratsa, 60 miles northeast of Sofia, was desecrated and robbed Monday night. This is the third such attack against the Church of St. Nicholas in recent years, reports btnovinite.bg. Police believe the thief was hiding inside the church until the staff left. In the morning, an employee found that $85 (150 leva) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Draft bills in Bulgaria to change the law for religions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2016 10:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 30, 2016. Two draft bills tabled in Bulgaria’s Parliament by opposition socialist MPs to amend the law on religious denominations – including provisions that would limit the activities of foreign clerics – are causing controversy, with critics condemning the bills as an assault on religious freedom, as the website sofiaglobe reports. One bill was tabled on March 1 by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The ownership of Bulgarian Patriarchate in the cathedral of Saint Alexandre Nevsky in Sophia is in danger</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2015 08:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 7, 2015. The Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria examined the application of the representatives of cultural and historical society &#8220;adherents&#8221; against the decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria in 2014, as the website rublev.ru reports. According to the decision of the Bulgarian government, the ownership of the Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky in Sofia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarch calls for a cooperation with the State on social and human issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2015 09:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 8, 2015. The Bulgarian Patriarch Neofit sent a letter to Parliament Speaker Tsetska Tsacheva in which he demands that bills concerning healthcare, education, morals, and cultural heritage be handed to the Holy Synod for an opinion as the Sofia News Agency Novinite reports. The Orthodox Patriarch who represents the majority of faithful in Bulgaria reminds to the government that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orthodox Patriarchate of Bulgaria pronounced in favour to preserve Saturday and Sunday as days-off</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2015 19:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 9, 2015. The Orthodox Patriarchate of Bulgaria during the session of the Holy Synod expressed its disagreement with the gradual abolition of Sunday in Bulgaria as a day-off as the official web-site of the Patriarchate reports. The Holy Synod says that in Bulgaria it has been established 40 hours of work per week, which means that on Saturday and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bulgarian Orthodox Church about the propaganda of Yoga</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2015 14:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 2, 2015. The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church sent a letter to the Bulgarian Minister of Education and Sciences Mr. Todor Tanev, asking him to prevent the propaganda of Yoga in the public schools of Bulgaria as reports the Bulgarian Patriarchate. The Holy Synod considers as unacceptable and unsatisfactory this practice in the Bulgarian system of education. [...]]]></description>
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