Bulgarian Orthodox Church

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The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian church of Bulgaria, historically influential in Slavic Christianity and Bulgarian national identity.


Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox Church
autocephalous church
associatedLanguage Bulgarian language
Old Church Slavonic
associatedWith Bulgarian National Revival
Christianization of Bulgaria
First Bulgarian Empire
Second Bulgarian Empire
autocephalyGrantedBy Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
calendarUsed Revised Julian calendar
cathedral St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia
communionWith Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Greek Orthodox Church
Romanian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church
Serbian Orthodox Church
other Eastern Orthodox Churches
conflict Bulgarian schism
country Bulgaria
currentLeader Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria
dateEstablished 870
denomination Eastern Orthodox Church
governingBody Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
hasClergyRank bishop
deacon
priest
headquartersLocation Sofia
historicalCenter Ohrid
Preslav
Tarnovo
influenced Bulgarian national identity
Slavic Christianity
leaderTitle Patriarch of Bulgaria
memberOf Eastern Orthodox communion
monastery Bachkovo Monastery
Rila Monastery
Troyan Monastery
opposedBy Ottoman authorities
primaryLiturgicalLanguage Bulgarian language
Church Slavonic
recognizedAsPatriarchate 927
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
restoredAsPatriarchate 1953
rite Eastern Orthodox liturgy
schismEndDate 1945
schismStartDate 1872
schismWith Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
territorialJurisdiction Bulgarian Orthodox diaspora
Republic of Bulgaria
tradition Byzantine Rite
usesScript Cyrillic script

Referenced by (40)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Antiochian Orthodox Church
Georgian Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church of Alexandria
Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
Serbian Orthodox Church
communionWith
Boyana Church
Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Patriarch of Bulgaria
Rila Monastery
denomination
Cherubic Hymn
Church Slavonic
Pentecostarion
usedBy
Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Patriarch of Bulgaria
appliesToJurisdiction
Bulgarians
Patriarch of Bulgaria ("Bulgarian Exarchate")
associatedWith
Orthodox Church of Albania
Patriarchate of Constantinople
inCommunionWith
Revised Julian calendar
adoptedBy
Bulgaria
dominantChurch
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
hasMajorChurch
Patriarch of Bulgaria
headOf
Patriarch of Bulgaria ("medieval Bulgarian Patriarchate")
historicalContinuity
Eastern Christianity
includes
Patriarch of Bulgaria ("autocephalous Bulgarian Orthodox Church")
jurisdiction
Christianization of Bulgaria
mainChurch
Bulgarian schism
mainParticipant
Bulgarians
majorChurch
Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016)
nonParticipatingChurch
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
originatesFrom
Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
partOf
Patriarch of Bulgaria
positionHeldIn
Bulgarian National Revival ("Bulgarian Exarchate")
product
Second Bulgarian Empire
religion
Zograf Monastery
religiousAffiliation
Second Bulgarian Empire ("Tarnovo Patriarchate")
religiousCenter
Patriarch of Bulgaria ("Bulgarian Patriarchate")
see
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
separatedFrom
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
sharesHeritageWith
Bulgarian language
usedAsLiturgicalLanguage

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