Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia
| This article forms part of the series Orthodoxy in the Americas |
|
 |
|
| History | |
| Orthodoxy in the Americas timeline Orthodoxy in the Americas bibliography Byzantines on OCA autocephaly Ligonier Meeting |
|
| People | |
| Saints - Bishops - Writers | |
| Jurisdictions - List | |
| Antiochian - Bulgarian - Macedonian OCA - Romanian - Moscow ROCOR - Serbian Ecumenical Patriarchate: |
|
| Monasteries | |
| Seminaries | |
| Christ the Saviour Holy Cross Holy Trinity St. Herman's |
St. Tikhon's St. Sava's St. Sophia's St. Vladimir's |
| Organizations | |
| IOCC - OCEC - OCF OCL - OCMC - OISM OTSA - SCOBA |
|
| Edit this box | |
The Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada, and Australia is one of fifteen dioceses of the Church of Bulgaria. The diocese is led by Metr. Joseph.
Contents |
[edit] History
The Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada, and Australia had its origins before World War II as the Bulgarian Diocese of North and South America and Australia. However, a result of the establishment of a Communist government in Bulgaria after the war, relations of the diocese with the Church of Bulgaria were disrupted. Under Metropolitan Andrey, the diocese attempted, in the late 1950s, to join the Metropolia but was unsuccessful.
In 1964, Metropolitan Andrey petitioned the Holy Synod of the Church of Bulgaria for his return to the Bulgarian episcopacy and to continue to lead the diocese in America. With the return of Metropolitan Andrey and his diocese to the Church of Bulgaria, a group under Archimandrite Kyrill (Yonchev) broke with Andrey and joined the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) as the Bulgarian Diocese in Exile. The ROCOR bishops consecrated him bishop.
The Metropolitan Andrey' diocese is currently led by Metr. Joseph with parishes in the United States, Canada, and Australia as an overseas diocese of the Church of Bulgaria under Patriarch Maxim and the Bulgarian Synod of Bishops. The diocesan cathedral is Ss Cyril and Methody Macedono-Bulgarian Orthodox Cathedral in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada, and Australia is a member of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA).
[edit] See also
- St. John of Rila Church, Targovishte
- Bulgarian diaspora
- Bulgarian Americans
- Bulgarian Canadians
- Bulgarian Australian
