Website: http://veroizpovedania.government.bg/
Mission:
Activities:
Opinions related to registration of religious denominations
Continued sojourn of foreign clerics
Analyses and opinions about Council of Ministers decisions related to opening schools for clerics, designation of holidays for celebration of feast days of denominations other than Eastern Orthodoxy
Outlines for distribution of state subsidy intended for religious denominations Functions
When commissioned, participates in the drafting of bills, decrees, decisions and orders relevant to religious issues
Coordinates the relations of the executive with religious denominations
When commissioned, participates in the discussion of bills at the National Assembly standing committees
Prepares the responses of the Prime Minister relevant to religious matters during Question Time at Parliament
Represents the executive at services or reception of foreign religious delegations in theh cases when higher level attendance is not required
Issues attestations relevant to the inheritance of religious denominations and previously existing religious, religious and cultural, and public charity legal persons that existed in the period before 1949
Prepares opinions to Sofia City Court upon registration of religious denominations
Organizes and heads the work of an expert consultative committee on denominational problems
Assists the Council of Ministers in the implementation of the state policy of maintaining tolerance and respect between the various denominations
Participates in international and national forums dedicated to religious issues and the condition of religious rights and freedoms in the Republic of Bulgaria
Contacts and coordinates with similar establishments abroad, international religious and human rights organizations
Maintains the daily correspondence of the Council of Ministers with organizations and individuals on matters of principle within its specialized field of operation
Provides the competent state authorities with opinions at issuance of residence permits for foreign clerics in Bulgaria invited by the central leaderships of the denominations
Country of Publication:
- Bulgaria