Bulgarian Church: We won’t cause a schism in the Orthodox world over Macedonian issue

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has clarified her stance towards the question of the  “Macedonian Orthodox Church,” and has published a statement made by His Eminence Metropolitan Naum of Ruse: 1. The hierarchs have never had the intention of abandoning its centuries-long history and canonical dignity as the successor to the historical Bulgarian Ohrid Archdiocese, regardless of the current political situation that has Ohrid within the borders of Macedonia; 2. The Synod