Bulgarian bishop donates Rolex for church`s electricity bills

Belgrade: A Bulgarian bishop has donated his expensive Rolex watch to a local church to enable it to pay off an electricity bill. Metropolitan Nikolay from Bulgaria`s second largest city of Plovdiv donated his Rolex watch, after the Saint Marina Church recently got an electricity bill for January amounting to BNG 2,940 (nearly $2,000). The church was unable to pay off the bill which was due by Feb 26.

Nikolay gave away his Rolex to church`s Board of Trustees, asking to sell the expensive watch and use the money to pay the bill. Bulgaria`s recent hike in electricity prices led to mass street protests that eventually ended with the government`s resignation. IANS