Diocese of Lovech

The monastery church of the Trojan monastery

The Diocese of Lovech ( Bulgarian Ловчанска епархия ) is an eparchy ( diocese ) of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church based in Lovetsch . The Lovetsch diocese is now divided into 5 Okolii : Lovech, Pirdop , Botevgrad , Teteven and Trojan . There are around 150 places of worship and 12 monasteries in the diocese.

Metropolitans

• Ilarion I. (1852–1872)
• Dionisij (1873-1875)
• Josef I (1876–1877)
• Nathanael (1880-1891)

Until 1937 there were only provisional leaders, one exception being Metropolitan Maxim Branitski (1924–1934).

• Anthim (1937-1939)
• Filaret (1939-1960)
• Maxim (1960–1971)
• Grigory (1972-2000)
• Gawrail (2001-)

Important church buildings

• Cathedral of Kyril and Method in Lovech
• Trojan Monastery
• Gloschen Monastery
• Etropole Monastery
• Assumption Church in Lovech
• Sweta Nedelja Church in Lovech

Web links

Commons : Diocese of Lovech  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the diocese (Bulgarian)
• The Diocese of Lovech on the official website of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (Bulgarian)

Individual evidence

1. ^ History of the Lovetsch Diocese on the website of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (Bulgarian)
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