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{{church|
name=Patriarchate of Bulgaria[[Image:Bulgaria logo.gif|center|Church of Bulgaria]]|founder= ?King Boris I|independence= ?927, 1186, 1872|recognition= ? 927, 1235, 1945 by [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]] |primate= Patriarch Maxim''see vacant''|
hq=Sofia, Bulgaria|
territory=Bulgaria|
possessions=—N. America, Australia, W. Europe, Antarctica|language=—[[Church Slavonic]]|
music=[[Byzantine Chant]] / Choral|
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]
}}
The '''Church of Bulgaria''' is one of the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] churches of the Orthodox Christian communion whose territory consists of the State 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 ==
'''Dioceses in Bulgaria:'''
*Diocese of Vidin (ВидинВидинска епархия)*Diocese of Vratsa (Врачанска епархия)*Diocese of Lovech (Ловчанска епархия)*Diocese of Veliko Turnovo (Търновска епархия)*Diocese of Dorostol and Cherven (Доростоло-червенска епархия) (with seat in Ruse)*Diocese of Varna and Preslav (Варненско-преславска епархия) (with seat in Varna)*Diocese of Sliven (Сливенска епархия)*Diocese of Stara Zagora (Старозагорска епархия)*Diocese of Plovdiv (Пловдивска епархия)*Diocese of Sofia (Софийска епархия)*Diocese of Nevrokop (Неврокопска епархия) '''Dioceses abroad:''' * [[Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of Western and Central Europe|Diocese of Central and Western Europe]] (with seat in Berlin)* [[Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia|Diocese of America, Canada and Australia]] (with seat in New York) * [[Antarctica|The St. John of Rila Chapel at Bulgarian St. Kliment Ohridski Base in Antarctica]] {{stub}} ==Related articles==*[[Bulgarian saints]] == External links ==*[http://www.bg-patriarshia.bg/ 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 {{churches}} [[Category:Jurisdictions|Bulgaria]] [[es:Iglesia Ortodoxa de Bulgaria]][[fr:Église de Bulgarie]][[ro:Biserica Ortodoxă Bulgară]]
