BALKAN DIARIES: BULGARIA

The Orthodox Christian Church is doing its best to tackle the specter of transition. Priests and monks from Bulgaria are no exception: they are also introducing changes in the post-Communist times. Educated Bulgarian clergy work in hospitals, cure drug addicts, introduce catechism in elementary schools. In a nutshell – the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is increasingly drawn to secular life in order to attract believers. Set to investigate these issues, two reporters from Serbia, armed with a little DV camera and huge curiosity, make a dozen interviews with extraordinary people affiliated to church from Sofia in the west to Varna in the east, from Kardzali in the south to Ruse in the north.