Balgarianovinite.com Speaking in the parliamentary lobby on Thursday, Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov said that the party will request a meeting with Patriarch Daniil regarding a bill on the introduction of the subject Virtues and Religion in Bulgarian schools, which was rejected on Wednesday by the parliamentary committee on human rights and religious affairs.
Kostadinov said the party will resubmit the bill after the required legal waiting period.
“We will request a meeting with Patriarch Daniil, at which we will say that in this situation it is appropriate, not only for the Bulgarian Patriarchate but also for the other long-established religious denominations in Bulgaria, to come out with a clear appeal to the Bulgarian Prime Minister to fulfill at least what he promised during his election campaign,” he said.
Kostadinov explained that at Wednesday’s committee meeting, the strongest opposition to the bill came from representatives of Progressive Bulgaria.
Six days ago, there was a meeting between Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radevand Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil, concerning issues related to the introduction of religious education in schools. For us, it remains extremely inexplicable why yesterday the strongest opposition to introducing such a subject in Bulgarian schools came precisely from representatives of Progressive Bulgaria, some of whom, incidentally, demonstrated a remarkable level of ignorance by claiming that there are no qualified people in Bulgaria to teach such a subject, despite the fact that we have not one but two theological faculties from which, over the decades, thousands of highly qualified theologians have graduated,” Kostadinov said.
According to him, immediately after the meeting, a statement was published on the website of the Council of Ministers stating that the topic of introducing the subject had been specifically discussed.
“If Rumen Radev’s position has not changed, it means he does not control his own group. If, on the other hand, he does control his group and they voted against it, then this means that Rumen Radev last week lied not to just anyone, but to His Holiness the Bulgarian Patriarch,” Kostadinov said. Vazrazhdane Will Request Meeting with Patriarch Daniil Over Introduction of Virtues and Religion Subject in Schools 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-02 12:36:37 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law