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	Bulgarian Orthodox Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		During its early period the Bulgarian patriarch recognised the authority of both the Roman pope and the patriarch of Constantinople.
		During the Ottoman era the Bulgarian church was placed under the jurisdiction of the patriarch of Constantinople.
		In 1870 the Bulgarian church was made autocephalous by Sultan Abdul Aziz, a move which led Constantinople to excommunicate the Bulgarian church.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/christ/east/bulgorth.html (198 words)

	Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1235 a church council was convened in the town of Lampsakos.
		Under the presidency of Patriarch German II of Constantinople and with the consent of all Eastern Patriarchs, the council confirmed the Patriarchal dignity of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and consecrated the Bulgarian archbishop German Patriarch.
		In 1945 the schism was lifted and the Patriarch of Constantinople recognised the autocephaly of the Bulgarian Church.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bulgarian_Orthodox_Church (2911 words)

	Bulgarian Americans
		The close identification of the Bulgarian Orthodox religion with the nation was a thread that wove through much of the country's history, as the Church repeatedly found itself shouldering the burden of nation-building and acting as sanctuary to Bulgarian culture.
		Bulgarian dishes are generally spicier than those of neighboring countries, and cooks are liberal in their use of herbs and strongly flavored condiments such as garlic and chili peppers.
		Bulgarian meals are invariably accompanied by the oven-baked bread known as pitka, which is served with ciubritsa, an aromatic condiment with a native herb resembling tarragon at its base.
	www.everyculture.com /multi/Bu-Dr/Bulgarian-Americans.html (9523 words)

	History part III
		During the dictatorship of General Pangalos, in 1927, the statutes regarding the Church were again modified with the result that the Greek Orthodox Church was again government controlled with the highest authority of the Church a permanent Holy Synod.
		Despite the operations of a conflicting church hierarchy, whose followers sympathized with the Royalist political faction in contrast to the sympathies of the Patriarchal Church for the Venizelists, the Greek Church grew and prospered.
		The Communist government of Russia, culminating with the deposing of the Metropolitan in 1927, halted the progress of the Orthodox church in the Ukraine.
	holytrinity-la.org /engl/pages/general/hist3.html (6569 words)

	The Orthodox Church - Kallistos Ware
		The Orthodox, therefore, make what may seem at first a surprising claim: they regard their Church as the Church which guards and teaches the true belief about God and which glorifies Him with right worship, that is, as nothing less than the Church of Christ on earth.
		An Orthodox church today is filled with them: dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building there is a solid screen, the iconostasis, entirely covered with icons, while other icons are placed in special shrines around the church; and perhaps the walls are covered with icons in fresco or mosaic.
		For members of the Orthodox Church, their interest is not merely historical but contemporary; they are the concern not only of scholars and clergy, but of all the faithful.
	www.synaxis.org /sschool/Orthodox_Church.html (16127 words)

	Bulgaria - RELIGION
		The Bulgarian Orthodox Church, which played a crucial role in preserving Bulgarian culture during the Ottoman occupation, remained central to the sense of Bulgarian nationhood even under the postwar communist regimes.
		Second, although the constitution made the church separate from the state, the clergy's salaries and the fees needed to maintain the churches were paid by the state.
		In 1204 the Bulgarian Tsar Kaloian (1197-1207) formed a short-lived union between the Roman Catholic Church and the Bulgarian Orthodox Church as a political tactic to balance the religious power of the Byzantine Empire.
	countrystudies.us /bulgaria/26.htm (2148 words)

	Bulgarian
		In the view of the new democratic government, the Orthodox hierarchy is one of the last structures of the former communist regime.
		Under a 1949 law, the Orthodox church is subordinate to the state and priests receive government salaries.
		Metropolitan Pimen, meanwhile, is being denounced as a crazed man determined to destroy the unity of the Bulgarian church.
	www.exorthodoxforchrist.com /bulgarian.htm (469 words)

	The Bulgarian Orthodox Church Community St. Ivan Rilski (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Bulgarian Catholic Bishop Petar Parcevich met with Emperor Ferdinand 111 in the autumn of 1656.
		The Bulgarian Orthodox Church Community in Austria is part of the Central and Western European Diocese of the Bulgarian Patriarchate.
		The Bulgarian Orthodox Church Community St. Ivan Rilski is a member of the Ecumenical Council of Churches and, through its priests, social workers ands believers, takes an active interest in all events and initiatives dedicated to the unity of Christian churches, as well as organizing such meetings and events itself.
	www.austria.org /diversity/religions_bulgarian.shtml (639 words)

	BULGARIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH NEWS by BULGARIAN DIOCESE of WESTERN and CENTRAL EUROPE
		Bulgarian Orthodox Metropolit Simeon of Western- and Central Europe was joined by the protosyncel of the Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of Western- and Central Europe Archimandrite TICHON and the members of the delegation from Bulgaria: Metropolitan KALINIK of Vraza,.
		The prayers at the opening were led by Metropolitan GAVRIIL of Plovdiv and attended by all members of both Vatican and Bulgarian delegations – together with the Metropolitan bishops of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church prayed the three Roman Catholic bishops of Bulgaria.
		As the Bulgarian Orthodox Church sees it the program for this visit should be prepared by a joint commision of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church in Bulgaria "working synchronized with the Bulgarian Government to give a good example of the hospitality of the Bulgarian People and the Bulgarian Church.
	www.rilaeu.com /news1.htm (4373 words)

	Bulgaria
		The Government provides financial support for the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as for several other religious communities perceived as holding historic places in society, such as the Muslim, Roman Catholic, and Jewish faiths, which also are considered "traditional." These groups generally benefit from a relatively high degree of governmental and societal tolerance.
		The split within the Bulgarian Orthodox Church between those who support Patriarch Maksim and those who view him as illegitimate because he was selected in 1971 under Communist rule to head that church led to tension between the groups and violence in July 2002.
		While many Bulgarians viewed the Government as generally favoring the group headed by Maksim, the Government had stayed formally neutral regarding the leadership status of either Maksim's "Holy Synod" or the so-called "alternative synod." However, the new law recognizes Patriarch Maksim as the sole representative of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2003/24348.htm (3539 words)

	Plea for church unity - News news
		The Orthodox church in Bulgaria is split between the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, headed by Patriarch Maxim, and the Alternative Synod, which split off in 1992 after the start of a campaign to oust Maxim, whose appointment in 1983 they reject.
		In further symbolism of the church split, the flag of the city of Sofia was raised after being blessed in a ceremony by leaders of the Alternative Synod.
		With the property already held by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is added to the property handed over to it by the state in July, it is reliably understood to be worth about a billion leva.
	www.sofiaecho.com /article/plea-for-church-unity/id_10061/catid_5 (793 words)

	Bulgarian Church
		Under Ottoman rule, Bulgarian Orthodox Christians, who twice before had had their own Patriarchate, were gradually brought under the control of ethnic Greek bishops as part of a general Hellenization of their ecclesial life.
		In the 19th century, when a struggle to obtain ecclesiastical independence from the Ecumenical Patriarchate was gaining momentum, some influential Bulgarian Orthodox in Constantinople began to consider union with Rome as a solution to their problem.
		The Bulgarian Byzantine Catholic Church suffered much in the early years of communist rule: the Byzantine Catholic bishop died under mysterious circumstances in 1951 and many of its priests were imprisoned.
	www.faswebdesign.com /ECPA/Byzantine/Bulgarian.html (602 words)

	Orthodoxe Kirche von Bulgarien
		Bulgarian Prime Minister SIMEON headed a government delegation whereas Metropolitan SIMEON of Western and Central Europe and 5 other metropolitan bishops represented the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in Rome.
		This was the substance of the sermon of Bulgarian Orthodox Metropolitan Simeon of Western and Central Europe.
		In several statements the Metropolitan Bishops of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church have stated, that the visit of Pope JOHN PAUL II to Bulgaria is welcome to the people, the state and the church of Bulgaria.
	www.orthodoxfrat.de /rilaeu/welcome/e/news1e.htm (3032 words)

	The Struggle Against the Bulgarian Church
		As early as July 31 1913, the Governor of Kostour invited the Head of the Bulgarian Orthodox church and all priests and told them about the Greek Government order that they were to leave Greek territory within 48 hours.
		On June 30 the last Bulgarian church was confiscated and occupied.
		Father Nikodim is accused also for encouraging 30-40 people from the village Agios Atanasios /Boliyari/ to place a tractor in front of the church door and with it or with their bodies to stop the bishop from entry the church.
	www.macedoniainfo.com /macedonia/church.htm (1222 words)

	Catholic World News : Bulgarian Orthodox Given use of Roman Parish Church
		Cyril and Methodius, the patrons of the Bulgarian Church.
		Each year, the Bulgarian church organizes such a pilgrimage, culminating with the celebration of the divine liturgy at the tomb of St. Cyril, which is located in the Roman basilica of St. Clement.
		The first celebration of the divine liturgy by the Eastern Church will be attended by a group of Vatican officials led by Cardinal Walter Kasper (bio - news), the president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity; and Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the papal vicar for Rome.
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=22503 (604 words)

	Catholic World News : Bulgarian Trip For Pope Studied For 2002
		The president of the Bulgarian episcopal conference, and apostolic exarch for Catholics of the Byzantine-Slavic rite, Bishop Christo Proykov, confirmed this possibility with the Rome-based news agency I Media, stressing the importance of a pontifical visit to a country with an Orthodox majority.
		The situation between Catholics and Orthodox "improves little by little," said Bishop Proykov, stressing that "just a few months ago, a visit by the Pope was unthinkable." For him, these signs of relaxation foresee an opening by the Orthodox Church to a visit by the Pope.
		The beatification of three Bulgarian Assumptionist priests shot on November 11, 1952 at the time of persecutions against Catholics could be included on the trip.
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=15152 (774 words)

	Police expulsion of alternative Bulgarian Orthodox church a dangerous precedent?
		Two weeks after police expelled members of the "Alternative Synod" of the Orthodox Church from some 250 churches they have been occupying since a schism in 1992, religious freedom advocates and religious minorities are preparing to step up their campaign for the expulsions to be reviewed by a court.
		Several churches built by the Alternative Synod with its own resources after the 1992 schism are believed also to have been seized.
		It would also be interesting to know if, from the churches were the priests refused to evacuate, they were churches built by the alternative church or if they were older bulgarian churches.
	www.socialrights.org /spip/article703.html (1452 words)

	Bulgarian Easter Traditions
		One egg is cracked on the wall of the church (and this is the first egg eaten after the long Great Fast).
		Then people take turns tapping their egg against the eggs of others, and the person who ends up with the last unbroken egg is believed to have a year of good luck.
		The traditional Orthodox Paschal greeting is: "Christ is Risen!" The answer is: "Indeed He is Risen".
	www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/Easter (713 words)

	AJC Honoring Bulgarian Orthodox Church Leaders for Rescuing Jews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		NEW YORK, Oct. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A Bulgarian Orthodox Church priest will receive an American Jewish Committee award in recognition of the heroic efforts of two church leaders who played a vital role in stopping the deportation of Bulgarian Jews to Nazi death camps.
		The AJC award honoring Bishops (Metropolitans) Stephan and Kiril marks the first public recognition in the U.S. of the Bulgarian Church's efforts to save Jews during the Holocaust.
		Bishop Stephan, head of the Sofian Church and the highest ranking Bulgarian Church official during the Holocaust, and Bishop Kiril, church head in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, both vigorously opposed Bulgarian anti-Jewish policies and the deportation of Jews to death camps.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=54801 (234 words)

	Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada, and Australia - Parish Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Saints Kyril and Metodi Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocesan Cathedral
		Saint Isaac of Syria Skete and St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
		Saints Cyril & Methody Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Cathedral
	www.bulgariandiocese.org /parishdirectory.html (139 words)

	THE OFFICIAL WEB-SITE OF THE BULGARIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH.
		The following pages are available both in English and in Bulgarian.
		The Bulgarian version is written in Cyrillic and therefore you must have a Cyrillic font installed in your system.
		The next step to follow will be the configuration of the web browser, where you will need to change the proportional font in the preferences menu to the Cyrillic font that you have installed, in order to see the Cyrillic alphabet.
	bulch.tripod.com /boc/mainpage.htm (79 words)

	Bulgarian Orthodox Church - † Orthodox Christianity
		Orthodox Christianity: The Orthodox Church: Autocephalous Orthodox Churches: Bulgarian Orthodox Church
		Diocese of Western and Central Europe of Bulgarian Orthodox Church
		Categories: Parishes of Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Monasteries of Bulgarian Orthodox Church
	www.orthodoxlinks.info /orthodoxy/churches/bulgaria (335 words)

	Pokrov writes to Metropolitan Joseph of the Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Over the three years we have operated our website for victims of abuse in the Orthodox Church, we have received many allegations of sexual misconduct from all over the country.
		Many of those allegations that describe criminal behavior appear to have been reported to the Church, but it seems that most have not been passed along to the appropriate authorities for investigation.
		We believe that it is important that this be done, since the Church does not possess the tools to adequately conduct such an inquiry itself.
	www.pokrov.org /petition/pbulgarianjoseph.htm (260 words)

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