Chief Mufti Office in Bulgaria offered condolences on the passing of Patriarch Neophyte

The Chief Mufti Office in Bulgaria offered their condolences for the passing of Patriarch Neophyte on March 13.

"It is with sadness and grief that we have learned that His Holiness, the Bulgarian Patriarch and Metropolitan of Sofia Neophyte, has ended his earthly journey.

He will remain in our memory as an exceptionally good man and a spiritual leader who sought dialogue.

The Muslim denomination will remember him for his empathy and respect for the religious communities in the country, seeking consensus for the sake of accord, law-making, morality, upbringing and traditional values that we have defended together."

We express our condolences to the Orthodox world and Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria for the loss of the spiritual leader and Head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church!.

We bow before the memory of Patriarch Neophyte!"

The spokesman of the Chief Mufti Office, Dzhelal Faik, expressed the condolences for the death of His Holiness Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte on BNT.