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independence=927, 1186, 1872|
recognition=927, 1235, 1945 by [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]] |
primate=[[Maksim (Minkov) of Bulgaria|Patr. Maxim]]''see vacant''|
hq=Sofia, Bulgaria|
territory=Bulgaria|
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]]|
population=6,500,000 [http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg.aspx?eccpageID=20&IndexView=toc]|
website=[http://bulchwww.tripodbg-patriarshia.combg/boc/mainpage.htm Church of Bulgaria]
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The '''Church of Bulgaria''' is one of the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] churches of the Orthodox Christian communion whose territory consists of the Republic of Bulgaria. The church is led by the Patriarch of All Bulgaria.
The primate of the Church of Bulgaria has been was His Holiness [[Maksim (Minkov) of Bulgaria|Maxim, Metropolitan of Sofia, Patriarch of All Bulgaria]] since 1971until his death on [[November 6]], 2012.
== History ==
== External links ==
*[http://bulchwww.tripodbg-patriarshia.combg/boc/mainpage.htm The Church of Bulgaria]: official website*[http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-us.aspx?eccpageID=20&IndexView=toc Eastern Christian Churches: The Orthodox Church of Bulgaria] by Ronald Roberson, a Roman Catholic priest and scholar
*[http://pravoslavie.bg Orthodoxy Bulgaria]: unofficial page in Bulgarian language
[[es:Iglesia Ortodoxa de Bulgaria]]
[[fr:Église de Bulgarie]]
[[ro:Biserica Ortodoxă Bulgară]]
