Bulgarian Exarchate
Videos
Page
The Bulgarian Exarchate was the official name of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church before its autocephaly was recognized by the Ecumenical See in 1945 and the Bulgarian Patriarchate was restored in 1953.
Firman of Sultan Abdülaziz for the establishment of the Bulgarian Exarchate, February 27, 1870.
Tsarevna Miladinova's Bulgarian boarding-school for girls in Thessaloniki, 1882–1883
Seal of Bulgarian-Exarchate, 1872
Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki in the beginning of the 20th century
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Videos
Page
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church, legally the Patriarchate of Bulgaria, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox jurisdiction based in Bulgaria. It is the first medieval recognised patriarchate outside the Pentarchy and the oldest Slavic Orthodox church, with some 6 million members in Bulgaria and between 1.5 and 2 million members in a number of other European countries, Asia, the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand. It was recognized as autocephalous in 1945 by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
St. George Rotunda Church (4th century AD), Sofia
Saint Sofia Basilica Church (4th–6th century), Sofia
Saint Sophia Basilica Church (5th–6th century), Nesebar
Ceramic icon of St. Theodor, Preslav, ca. 900 AD, National Archaeological Museum, Sofia