Bulgarian Orthodox - OCA relations

Met. Lovchanskim (left) and Arch. Zacchaeus (right)

(st-catherine.ru) - On Monday, January 31, 2011, with the blessing of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah of Moscow, his representative, Archimandrite Zacchaeus met with His Eminence, Metropolitan Lovchanskim Gabriel, a member of the Standing Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church to discuss issues of mutual interest to both respective churches. The meeting took place in the working room of St. Danilov hotels in Moscow. The meeting was also attended by His Grace, Bishop Ignatius Provatsky Moscow representative of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.

Among the topics they talked about the status of various parishes in the Bulgarian Orthodox communities in the United States and Canada, as well as the possible visit of the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in 2011.