Official visits by the Patriarch of Bulgaria

The Patriarch of Bulgaria and Metropolitan of Sofia undertakes visits of behalf of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.

Patriarch Cyril I (1953-1971)

 * 🇹🇷 Turkey - 16 - 22 March 1962
 * Syria - 1962
 * 🇯🇴 Jordan - 1962
 * 🇪🇬 Egypt - 1962
 * 🇮🇱 Israel - 1962
 * 🇬🇷 Greece - 16 - 20 April 1962
 * 🇬🇷 Greece - 24 - 28 May 1963

Patriarch Maxim I (1971-2012)

 * 🇬🇷 Greece - May - June 1975
 * 🇺🇸 USA - 1 September - 12 October 1978
 * Serbia and Montenegro - 10 - 16 October 1995
 * 🇷🇺 Russia - 17 - 22 August 2000

Patriarch Neophyte I (2013-2024)



 * 🇷🇺 Russia - 23 - 26 July 2013
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine - 26 - 30 July 2013
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey - 20 - 23 September 2013
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey - 5 - 9 March 2014
 * 🇷🇺 Russia - 23 - 30 May 2014
 * 🇷🇺 Russia - 7 - 11 March 2016
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary - 10 - 11 May 2016
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey - 7 January 2018
 * Istanbul - reopening of St. Stephen Church with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in the presence of the President of Turkey and the Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and Turkey.
 * 🇦🇹 Austria - 9 - 11 November 2019
 * Vienna - 50th Anniversary of the registration and state recognition of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church community “Saint John of Rila” by the Republic of Austria.