Bulgarian Orthodox Church

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Eastern Orthodox Church autocephalous church

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

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Bulgarian Orthodox Church canonical 75
Bulgarian Exarchate 3
Bulgarian Patriarchate 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
autocephalous church ⓘ
associatedLanguage Bulgarian language ⓘ
Church Slavonic ⓘ
surface form: Old Church Slavonic
associatedWith Bulgarian National Revival ⓘ
Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
autocephalyGrantedBy Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
calendarUsed Revised Julian calendar ⓘ
cathedral St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia ⓘ
communionWith Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form: 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 of Bulgaria ⓘ
surface form: Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria
dateEstablished 870 ⓘ
denomination Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Eastern Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Slavic Christianity
leaderTitle Patriarch of Bulgaria ⓘ
memberOf Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox communion
monastery Bachkovo Monastery ⓘ
Rila Monastery ⓘ
Troyan Monastery ⓘ
opposedBy Ottoman authorities ⓘ
primaryLiturgicalLanguage Bulgarian language ⓘ
Church Slavonic ⓘ
recognizedAsPatriarchate 927 ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
restoredAsPatriarchate 1953 ⓘ
rite Eastern Orthodox liturgy ⓘ
schismEndDate 1945 ⓘ
schismStartDate 1872 ⓘ
schismWith Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
territorialJurisdiction Bulgarian Orthodox diaspora ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Bulgaria
tradition Byzantine Rite ⓘ
usesScript Cyrillic script ⓘ

Referenced by (89)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → hasMajorChurch → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Bulgaria → dominantChurch → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Serbian Orthodox Church → communionWith → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Church Slavonic → usedBy → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Georgian Orthodox Church → communionWith → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Antiochian Orthodox Church → communionWith → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Jerusalem → communionWith → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Alexandria → communionWith → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Albania → inCommunionWith → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Revised Julian calendar → adoptedBy → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016) → nonParticipatingChurch → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Cherubic Hymn → usedBy → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Pentecostarion → usedBy → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Bulgarians → majorChurch → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Bulgarians → associatedWith → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Patriarchate of Constantinople → inCommunionWith → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church → separatedFrom → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church → originatesFrom → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church → sharesHeritageWith → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Zograf Monastery → religiousAffiliation → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Eastern Christianity → includes → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Rila Monastery → denomination → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Second Bulgarian Empire → religion → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Second Bulgarian Empire → religiousCenter → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarnovo Patriarchate
Boyana Church → denomination → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Bulgarian language → usedAsLiturgicalLanguage → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Patriarch of Bulgaria → appliesToJurisdiction → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Patriarch of Bulgaria → denomination → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Patriarch of Bulgaria → positionHeldIn → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Patriarch of Bulgaria → headOf → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Patriarch of Bulgaria → see → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian Patriarchate
Patriarch of Bulgaria → associatedWith → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian Exarchate
Patriarch of Bulgaria → jurisdiction → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: autocephalous Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Patriarch of Bulgaria → historicalContinuity → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: medieval Bulgarian Patriarchate
Christianization of Bulgaria → mainChurch → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Bulgarian schism → mainParticipant → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church → appliesToJurisdiction → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church → partOf → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church → denomination → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Polish Orthodox Church → recognisedBy → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Bulgarian National Revival → product → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian Exarchate
St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia → denomination → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Preslav → associatedWith → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia → recognisedBy → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia → communionWith → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Bachkovo Monastery → religiousAffiliation → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Troyan Monastery → religiousAffiliation → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Troyan Monastery → governingBody → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Saint Clement of Ohrid → veneratedIn → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Old Church Slavonic Bible → usedBy → Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ