New Bishop for Bulgaria

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Created on Friday, 31 May 2019 15:00
On Sunday, May 13/26, our Sister Church in Bulgaria celebrated the consecration of a new bishop, Bishop Victor of Nikopol. The President of the Synod of the Church in Bulgaria is Metropolitan Photii of Traditsa. Hierarchs of the Sister Churches from Russia and Romania were present. Bishop Auxentios of Etna and Portland represented our Church in America, and Metropolitans Gerontios and Chrysostomos, as well as Bishop Clement, represented our Mother Church of Greece.

Photos of the event are available at the below link (link will take you off of our site):

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