SOFIA: Patriarch Neophyte, or Neofit, of Bulgaria has died at the age of 78, the Bulgarian Patriarchate said. "After a protracted il...
SOFIA: Patriarch Neophyte, or Neofit, of Bulgaria has died at the age of 78, the Bulgarian Patriarchate said.
"After a protracted illness, His Holiness Patriarch of Bulgaria and Metropolitan of Sofia Neophyte died of the multi-organ failure at the Military Medical Academy at 10:22 p.m. local time (8:22 p.m. GMT)," it said.
His death was earlier reported by Metropolitan Anthony.
Neophyte has been Patriarch of Bulgaria and Metropolitan of Sofia since 2013.
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