6/8/2016
Metropolitan Gabriel of Lovech
In this second part, we spoke about Metropolitan Gabriel’s service as a priest and hierarch in the Bulgarian Church, about the troubles facing the Bulgarian Orthodox people today, about work with the youth, and about the importance of maintaining fraternal relations between Orthodox peoples.
Vladyka was a wise man, but very modest, always hiding his abilities and spirituality, but expressing Russian culture, intelligence, and beauty.
Daria Zacharieva, Metropolitan Gabriel of Lovech
June 1, 2016 the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church decided not to take part in the “Holy and Great Council” on Crete. The liberal Bulgarian media saw in it “the hand of Moscow.” Metropolitan Gabriel (Dinev) of Lochev reflects on what dogmatic considerations stood behind their decision and why it could not have been made under Moscow influence, how Bulgarians relate to Russians and Greeks, why the Bulgarians agreed at the preliminary meetings to the principle of consensus for making decisions, and how to relate to the World Council of Churches and ecumenism.
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Metropolitan Gabriel of Lovech explained to the site Dobrotolyubie (Philokalia) why the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has decided not to participate in the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church in Crete if it won’t be postponed.
