Official visits by the Patriarch of Bulgaria
The Patriarch of Bulgaria and Metropolitan of Sofia undertakes visits of behalf of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
Patriarch Cyril I (1953-1971)
Turkey - 16 - 22 March 1962
Syria - 1962
Jordan - 1962
Egypt - 1962
Israel - 1962
Greece - 16 - 20 April 1962
Greece - 24 - 28 May 1963
Patriarch Maxim I (1971-2012)
Greece - May - June 1975
USA - 1 September - 12 October 1978
Serbia and Montenegro - 10 - 16 October 1995
Russia - 17 - 22 August 2000
Patriarch Neophyte I (2013-2024)
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Russia - 23 - 26 July 2013
Ukraine - 26 - 30 July 2013
Turkey - 20 - 23 September 2013
Turkey - 5 - 9 March 2014
Russia - 23 - 30 May 2014
Russia - 7 - 11 March 2016
Hungary - 10 - 11 May 2016
Turkey - 7 January 2018
- Istanbul - reopening of St. Stephen Church with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in the presence of the President of Turkey and the Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and Turkey.
Austria - 9 - 11 November 2019
- Vienna - 50th Anniversary of the registration and state recognition of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church community “Saint John of Rila” by the Republic of Austria.
External links
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- The official website of the Bulgarian Patriarchate