Official visits by the Patriarch of Bulgaria explained

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
• - 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
• United States - 1 September - 12 October 1978
• - 10 - 16 October 1995
• - 17 - 22 August 2000

Patriarch Neophyte I (2013-2024)

• - 23 - 26 July 2013
• Ukraine - 26 - 30 July 2013
• Turkey - 20 - 23 September 2013
• Turkey - 5 - 9 March 2014
• - 23 - 30 May 2014
• - 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

• The official website of the Bulgarian Patriarchate