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Politics: 29 October 2004, Friday. Bulgaria's Patriarch Maxim celebrates Friday his 90th birthday, joined by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
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Greece's Orthodox Church leader, Archbishop Christodoulos, who eased centuries of tension with the Vatican but angered liberal critics who viewed him as an attention-seeking reactionary, died Monday at his home of cancer, church officials said. He was 69.
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Archbishop Christodoulos, who helped heal centuries-old grievances with the Roman Catholic Church but also but stirred controversy, was 69.
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For the Record: 6 September 2004, Monday. In April 1879, the First Grand National Assembly (the Bulgarian Parliament) elected the German prince Alexander of Battenberg as prince of Bulgaria.
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President Georgi Purvanov decorated Patriarch Maksim with the Order of the Balkan Range - First Class at an official ceremony.
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Sports: 15 September 2004, Wednesday. At a solemn ceremony Wednesday night UEFA President Lennart Johansson received the Honorary Badge of Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov.
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ATHENSâEgypt&#39;s Patriarch of Alexandria, whose post traces its lineage to one of Christ&#39;s disciples, was killed with his Greek Orthodox retinue yesterday in a helicopter crash, Greek authorities confirmed.
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China's retired elders are using the 100th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's birthday to emphasize the urgency of political reform.
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Greek business forum will be opened in Sofia. Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov and Greece's President Kostantinos Stephanopoulos will open the business seminar.
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The Patriarch of Alexandria, the spiritual leader of all Orthodox Christians in Africa, died Saturday when a helicopter taking him and fellow churchmen to a monastic enclave in northern Greece crashed into the sea, government and church officials said.
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The world's oldest man celebrated his 112th birthday with two bashes at his home in southern Japan on Tuesday, then declared that he wants to live forever.
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Lifestyle: 20 September 2004, Monday. Six Bulgarians have been nominated to run for this year's John Atanasoff Award.
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Top news: 20 November 2004, Saturday. Bulgaria's best gymnast Yordan Yovchev swept the prestigious Man of the Year award at an official ceremony in the Sofia Military Club Saturday evening.
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Ruth Graham, who surrendered dreams of missionary work in Tibet to marry a suitor who became the world's most renowned evangelist, died Thursday. She was 87. Graham died at 5:05 p.m. at her home at Little Piney Cove, surrounded by her husband and all their five children, said a statement released by Larry Ross, Billy Graham's spokesman.
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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II on Thursday led pomp-filled burial ceremonies for Czarina Maria Feodorovna, the Danish-born empress whose remains are to be interred in her adopted land 78 years after her death.
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By ROBIN BROWN. After three decades as a volunteer Salvation Army bell ringer, 64-year-old James &quot;Sonny&quot; Rosel keeps thinking of retiring.
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Lifestyle: 3 September 2004, Friday. A special concert in memory of famous Bulgarian basso Nikolay Ghiaurov, who died on June 2, will take place September 13 in Sofia.