Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Establishment of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church with some 6.5 million members in the Republic of Bulgaria and between 1.5 and 2.0 million members in a number of European countries, the Americas and Australia. The recognition of the autocephalous Bulgarian Patriarchate by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 927 AD makes the Bulgarian Orthodox Church the oldest autocephalous Orthodox Church in the world after the four Eastern Patriarchates: those of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem. Including:

• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Canonical status and organisation
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Dioceses
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - History of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Early Christianity
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• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Autocephaly of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - The Ohrid Archbishopric
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - The Turnovo Patriarchate
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Ottoman rule
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - The Bulgarian Exarchate
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Second restoration of the Bulgarian Patriarchate

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The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is an inseparable member of the one, holy, synodal and apostolic church and is organised as a self-governing body under the name of Patriarchate. It is divided into eleven dioceses within the boundaries of the Republic of Bulgaria and has jurisdiction over additional two dioceses for the Bulgarians in Western and Central Europe, the Americas, Canada and Australia. The dioceses of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church are divided into 5 ...

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Dioceses in Bulgaria: Diocese of Vidin (bulg.: Видинска епархия); Diocese of Vratsa (bulg.: Врачанска епархия); Diocese of Lovech (bulg.: Ловчанска епархия); Diocese of Veliko Turnovo (bulg.: Търновска епархия); Diocese of Dorostol and Cherven (bulg.: Доростоло-че� ...

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Canonical status and organisation, Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Dioceses, Bulgarian Orthodox Church - History of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Early Christianity, Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Establishment of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Autocephaly of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Bulgarian Orthodox Church - The Ohrid Archbishopric, Bulgarian Orthodox Church - The Turnovo Patriarchate, Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Ottoman rule, Bulgarian Orthodox Church - The Bulgarian Exarchate, Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Second restoration of the Bulgarian Patriarchate

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