The Sofia Globe, the English language daily that reports on Bulgarian matters, has an interesting story about the latest controversy to rock the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, which is superficially about their failure to condole on the death of Fr Jacques Hamel, but in reality is about much more, to whit, the failure of the Bulgarian hierarchy to accept any compromise with what it sees as the dangers of ecumenism.
It goes into greater detail about the divisions in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church than my previous article on the matter. It is important to note that the Bulgarian situation is pretty typical of the entire Orthodox world, which is a pity for them, given that the Orthodox churches are facing dire challenges, either from ISIS, or Islamic governments, or from secularism or the rising tide of indifference to religion. Their attempt to formulate a response to these challenges is hampered by internal divisions.
