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the bulgarian patriarch neophyte just after his inauguration . 24 february 2013 patriarch maxim eastern orthodox church simeon nikolov dimitrov sofia , bulgaria patriarch of bulgaria and metropolitan of sofia bulgarian sofia 15 october 1945 sofia neophyte of bulgaria.jpg neophyte of bulgaria
 neophyte bulgarian orthodox church
neophyte of bulgaria

patriarch neophyte -lrb- , secular name simeon nikolov dimitrov ; born 15 october 1945 , sofia -rrb- is the current head of the bulgarian orthodox church from 24 february 2013 .
prior to his election , he was the metropolitan of ruse .
