Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria, who was the first elected head of the Orthodox Church in the post-communist Balkan country, died at a hospital in Sofia
FILE - Clergymen and the head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Neophyte, center, take part in the festive midnight Mass in front of Alexander Nevsky cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria, Sunday, April 19, 2020. , at age 78. The Orthodox Holy Synod said Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in a statement that the patriarch had been hospitalized for four months for lung ailments. . He was 78.
The Holy Synod of 15 senior clergy will choose an interim patriarch until a larger church council picks Patriarch Neophyte’s successor within the next four months, church officials said.
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