This story is slanderous and insulting to Bulgaria.

Now I will read the story.

There's a 0.0000001 % chance that the story is not insulting.

Objective western media when it comes to Orthodox Europe? Once in a life time.

>>>The main highlight of Maxim's patriarchate was the visit by Pope John Paul II to Bulgaria in 2002.<<

Really? That was the main highlight?..who writes this? Did they just copy-paste wikipedia or something?

Pope John Paul II visit as "The main highlight of Maxim's patriarchate"
---silliness du jour from The Telegraph, the eructation of Ferrara-
Florence Decree of Union (1439)...;-)...where Papal primacy- i.e.
Bishop of Rome' supreme jurisdiction over the whole Church, including
Greek, Bulgarian, Russian and other Eastern national churches -was
fixed. (Btw, in reply to Eastern clergy' acceptance of Papal primacy,
Pope Eugene IV promised the military assistance to Byzantia against
Ottoman Turks and...and he didn't assist, sure)........Patriarch Maxim
had the other-and the real ones-highlights during his patriarchate.