Council of Preslav

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church council ecclesiastical assembly political assembly

The Council of Preslav was a pivotal 9th-century ecclesiastical and political assembly in the First Bulgarian Empire that affirmed Christianity as the state religion and promoted Old Church Slavonic and Slavic liturgy.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Council of Preslav canonical	2
Council of Preslav (893)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	church council ⓘ ecclesiastical assembly ⓘ political assembly ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
chronology	after the Christianization of Bulgaria under Boris I ⓘ
country	First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
determined	Christianity as official religion of the First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ Church Slavonic ⓘ surface form: Old Church Slavonic as official liturgical language in Bulgaria Pliska ⓘ surface form: Preslav as new capital of Bulgaria Simeon I as ruler of Bulgaria ⓘ
fieldOfWork	church organization ⓘ cultural policy ⓘ language policy ⓘ state religion policy ⓘ
follows	pagan reaction under Vladimir-Rasate ⓘ reign of Boris I of Bulgaria ⓘ
hasCause	Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ need to organize the Bulgarian Church ⓘ political conflict around Prince Vladimir-Rasate ⓘ
hasEffect	decline of Greek influence in Bulgarian church affairs ⓘ development of the Preslav Literary School ⓘ spread of Slavic literacy ⓘ strengthening of Slavic cultural identity in Bulgaria ⓘ
inception	893 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Greek ⓘ Church Slavonic ⓘ surface form: Old Church Slavonic
location	Pliska-Preslav region ⓘ Preslav ⓘ
participant	Bulgarian boyars ⓘ Bulgarian clergy ⓘ Simeon I of Bulgaria ⓘ disciples of Cyril and Methodius ⓘ
pointInTime	893 ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
significance	foundation for the Golden Age of Bulgarian culture under Simeon I ⓘ key event in the Christianization of the Bulgarians ⓘ turning point in the history of Slavic liturgy ⓘ
significantEvent	accession of Simeon I of Bulgaria ⓘ adoption of Old Church Slavonic as liturgical language ⓘ affirmation of Christianity as state religion of Bulgaria ⓘ consolidation of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ deposition of Prince Vladimir-Rasate ⓘ promotion of the disciples of Cyril and Methodius ⓘ replacement of Greek by Slavic liturgy ⓘ transfer of the capital from Pliska to Preslav ⓘ
timePeriod	9th century ⓘ
use	Church Slavonic ⓘ surface form: Old Church Slavonic Slavic liturgy ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Christianization of Bulgaria → followedBy → Council of Preslav ⓘ

Boris I of Bulgaria → event → Council of Preslav ⓘ

Simeon I of Bulgaria → significantEvent → Council of Preslav ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Preslav (893)