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Rolex of Doom: Bulgarian cleric fails to sell gold watch to cover his church’s electricity bill
He looks like he is blessing his flock with his pimped out Rolex.
A high-ranked Bulgarian cleric, who wanted to sell his gold Rolex in order to pay the electricity bills of his penniless church, couldn’t find a buyer for the expensive watch in the EU's weakest economy.
Metropolitan Nikolay of the city of Plovdiv announced plans to part with his watch in February after his Saint Marina church received a 3,000-lev (around $2,000) power bill.
"I'd rather go to heaven without a watch than to hell with one," he told state BTA agency back then.
But it seems the cleric would have to travel to the spirit world with the watch firmly on his wrist as the public tender for the Rolex failed to attract any bidders on Sunday due to the high asking price of 11,600 lev (around $7,700).
Nikolay's Rolex as well as a Lincoln car owned by his counterpart from the city of Varna have attracted anger and criticism from the country’s press and general public.
Bulgaria's Orthodox Church is experiencing severe money shortages, despite being the largest property owner in the country after the state. Paying utility bills became an even bigger problem as the cost of electricity in the country more than doubled in January.
Metropolitan Nikolay of the city of Plovdiv announced plans to part with his watch in February after his Saint Marina church received a 3,000-lev (around $2,000) power bill.
"I'd rather go to heaven without a watch than to hell with one," he told state BTA agency back then.
But it seems the cleric would have to travel to the spirit world with the watch firmly on his wrist as the public tender for the Rolex failed to attract any bidders on Sunday due to the high asking price of 11,600 lev (around $7,700).
Nikolay's Rolex as well as a Lincoln car owned by his counterpart from the city of Varna have attracted anger and criticism from the country’s press and general public.
Bulgaria's Orthodox Church is experiencing severe money shortages, despite being the largest property owner in the country after the state. Paying utility bills became an even bigger problem as the cost of electricity in the country more than doubled in January.
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