Patriarch Neofit will be buried in Saint Nedelya Cathedral in Sofia

Neofit, Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, dies at 78 on 13.03.2024. He will be buried in the St. Nedelya Church on March 16 - Saturday, the Holy Synod said. Patriarch Neofit was born on October 15, 1945 in Sofia. He is a graduate of the Theology Academy in Sofia, and specialized in Moscow. Neofit is a former lecturer and conductor of the Theology Academy choir, coadjutor at Sofia Bishopric, President of the Theology Academy, first Dean of the restored Faculty of Theology at Sofia University, and was Chief Secretary of the Holy Synod. He is known to have been very close to late Patriarch Maxim. Bulgaria's Patriarch Maxim, who led the Church since 1971, passed away on November 6, 2012, at the age of 98.