Kiril of Varna

Kiril, also Kiril of Varna and Veliki Preslav ( Bulgarian Кирил or Кирил Варненски и Великопреславски ) secular name Bogomil Petrov Kowatschew (also Bogomil Petrov Kovachev written Bulgarian Богомил Петров Ковачев; born June 8, 1954 in Zarew Brod, Bulgaria; † 9 July 2013) was a Bulgarian Orthodox cleric, Metropolitan of the diocese of Varna and Veliki Preslav of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, a member of the Holy Synod and former Hegumen the monastery Trojan (1986-1989).

Bishop Kiril fell repeatedly in criticism, either because of its handling of consumer goods, it was because of not properly clarified relations with the Russian KGB.

After the death of the Bulgarian Patriarch Maxim, Kiril initiated provisionally the Diocese of Sofia. On 9 July 2013, drowned while snorkeling in the Black Sea. The other circumstances of his death are still unclear.