Patriarch of All Bulgaria

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Patriarch of All Bulgaria
Archbishopric
Eastern Orthodox
Style
His Holiness
Information
First holderLeontius (Medieval)
Cyril (Modern)
Established918/919 (Medieval)
1953 (Modern)
Website
bg-patriarshia.bg

The Patriarch of All Bulgaria is the patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The patriarch is officially styled as Patriarch of All Bulgaria and Metropolitan of Sofia. The current patriarch Daniil acceded to this position on 30 June 2024.

History

Medieval era

Following two decisive victories over the

Preslav although the patriarch is likely to have resided in the town of Drastar (Silistra
), an old Christian centre famous for its martyrs and Christian traditions.

In 990 the seat of the patriarchy moved to Ohrid after the conquest of large parts of Bulgaria by the Byzantines. Following the destruction of the First Bulgarian Empire in 1018, the patriarchate was downgraded to an archbishopric. In 1186 a new archbishopric was established at Tarnovo by the Second Bulgarian Empire, and it was formally recognised as a patriarchate by the others in 1235.

Ottoman conquest

After the fall of the capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, Tarnovo, to the Ottomans in 1393 and the exile of Patriarch Euthymius, the autocephalous Bulgarian Church was destroyed. The Bulgarian diocese was again subordinated to the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

Modern era

Conditions for the restoration of the Bulgarian Patriarchate were created after

Maxim, the metropolitan of Lovech,[4] who was the Bulgarian patriarch until his death in 2012. For an interim leader on 10 November 2012 was chosen Metropolitan Cyril of Varna and Veliki Preslav, who organized the election of a new patriarch. On 24 February 2013 Neophyte of Bulgaria
was elected as the new patriarch. Patriarch Neophyte died on 13 March 2024.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Patriarchs of Preslav". Official site of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  2. ^ [1] Kiminas, D. (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate. Wildside Press LLC. p. 15
  3. ^ [2] GENOV, R., & KALKANDJIEVA, D. (2007). Religion and Irreligion in Bulgaria: How Religious Are the Bulgarians? Religion and power in Europe: conflict and convergence, 257.
  4. ^ Daniela Kalkandjieva, 26. Balgarskata pravoslavna tsarkva i darzhavata, 1944-1953 [The Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the State], (Sofia: Albatros, 1997).
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