“Ancient bonds between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Bulgarian people” – Message of unity from Constantinople and Bulgaria | Orthodox Times (en)

“Ancient bonds between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Bulgarian people” – Message of unity from Constantinople and Bulgaria | Orthodox Times (en)

“The sacred bonds between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Bulgarian people are, as is well known, ancient, reaching back to the ninth century and to the illustrious Patriarchate of the eminent Ecumenical Patriarch Saint Photius the Great, who demonstrated particular and tangible concern for the Christianization of the Slavic nations,” Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew emphasized, among other things, in his address following the solemn concele…