On Sunday, the Patriarchal Electoral Church Council (PECC) of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church elected Metropolitan Daniel of Vidin as the new Patriarch of Bulgaria.
The enthronement takes place on Sunday at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Sofia.
A total of 138 votes were recorded, of which 69 went to Metropolitan Daniel of Vidin, 66 to Metropolitan Gregory of Vratsa and 3 votes were annulled.
Metropolitan Daniel of Vidin, with the lay name of Atanas Trendafilov Nikolov, was born in 1972.
He entered the monastery at the age of 25 in 1997, taking the name Daniel. In 2002 he graduated in theology from Sofia University.
Four years later, in 2006, he received the rank of archimandrite, and in 2008 he was ordained as bishop.
In 2011, he was transferred as vicar bishop of the Bulgarian diocese of America, Canada and Australia, and then in 2018 he was elected Metropolitan of Vidin.
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