تأسست كنيسة بلغاريا على يد القديسان كيرلس و مثذوس وكانت تابعة روحيا إلى البطريركية المسكونية إلى عام 1945 حيث أصبحت مستقلة وفي عام 1953 أرتقت إلى بطريركية وأول بطريرك كان كيرلوس. وفي 4 يوليو من عام 1974 خلفه البطريرك الحالي مكسموس. وتشمل اليوم البطريركية بلغاريا على 26 أسقف و1350 كاهن و123 دير. عدد رعيتها نحو 8 مليون. وقد نشب على اثر تبشير بلغاريا خلافاً بين القسطنطينية وروما إذ قامت الثانية بعد أن كانت القسطنطينية بالتبشير في بلغاريا بإرسال مبشرين من الكنيسة الرومية محاولةً منها لضم بلغاريا إلى نفوذ الكرسي الباباوي. معطياً البابا الحق للمبشرين أن يبشروا بعقيدة “الانبثاق من الآب والابن”. وللعودة أكثر لهذا الموضوع راجع الموضوع التالي: فوتيوس بطريركاً مسكونياً، في قسم التاريخ الكنسي.
Saint Proclus is a disciple of Saint John Chrysostom. He was born in Constantinople around the year 390 AD and was ordained bishop of Cyzicus in the year […]
The Church of Poland became independent from the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 1924 and includes 6 bishops, 330 priests and 7 monasteries, and the head of its church today is Metropolitan […]
Saint Julian was born in Cilicia, in the time of Diocletian, which was the time of his martyrdom. When it was a time of persecution and a time of confrontation, […]
His birth and upbringing: Saint Saba was born in 1169. He was the third son of the Grand Prince of Serbia, Stefanos Namenja the Pious. The time of baptism took the name […]
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She is Theodore, the Queen of Paphlagonia. From the noble class. She enjoyed stunning beauty and penetrating intelligence. She took piety and faith from her mother, Theoctista.
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