Who are we?
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
We, Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Christians born in Bulgaria or other countries, members of the One Holy Eastern Orthodox and Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ, in the city of Orlando, State of Florida, desiring the propagation of our faith and its teachings for ourselves and our posterity, did unite together as a Parish and Church on the 22nd day of October, in the year of 2009 of the Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ, under the authority and jurisdiction of the Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada, and Australia, under the omophorion of the Bulgarian Patriarch and the Holy Synod in Sofia, solemnly pledging ourselves to be governed by the Holy Tradition, that is, the whole body of teaching and practice of the One Holy Eastern Orthodox and Apostolic Church. The Diocese exists under the canonical jurisdiction of the historical autocephalous Bulgarian Orthodox Church – Bulgarian Patriarchate.
Our mission is to proclaim the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ to all people as written in the New Testament of the Holy Bible, to teach by both word and deed, to inspire all to lead a life of Eastern Orthodox Christian belief, worship, and service to others as outlined in the Constitution of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church – Bulgarian Patriarchate.
The church is located at:
1185 Bunnell Rd, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714
Thanks to the efforts and financial support of our parishioners from Central Florida and elsewhere, the church community's property was purchased on August 1, 2014. The Church Board of Trustees regularly holds open meetings, which everyone is welcome to attend.
On October 16, 2016, with the blessing of Metropolitan +Joseph, Reverend Father Atanas Megerov was appointed and installed as a parish priest by the then-vicar, His Grace Bishop +Daniil (now Patriarch +Daniil of Bulgaria). Since then, regular weekly Sunday services have been held. The calendar of services is published at the beginning of each month on this website and the Facebook page.Meet Father Nasko
Rev. Fr. Atanas Megerov is a native of the Nevrokop Diocese. Ever since the establishment of our church, he has taken care of the church life of our young parish together with Fr. Ljubisa from the Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Petka. Under the spiritual supervision of Fr. Ljubisa and Metropolitan Joseph on January 22, 2011 he was ordained a reader and on June 14, 2014 he completed the two-year seminarian course at the Orthodox Pastoral School in Chicago Diocese, ROCOR. His document for priestly ordination was approved by St. Synod of the BOC in Sofia in September, 2014.He was ordained a deacon on August 6, 2015, and a priest on July 17, 2016 in Chicago during the 41st annual meeting of the Diocese of the USA, Canada, and Australia of the BOC-BP. Since September 2016 d. The Sunday School at the church is also approved under the Native Language program of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria. At the moment, about 30 children are taught in the school by 4 teachers.
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