Diocese of Newrokop

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West side of the Roschen Monastery

The diocese of Newrokop ( Bulgarian Неврокопска епархия / Newrokopska eparchija) is an eparchy ( diocese ) of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church with its seat in Blagoevgrad . The diocese of Newrokop is today divided into 5 Okolii : Newrokop (today Goze Deltschew ), Blagoewgrad, Raslog , Sandanski and Petritsch . The diocese of Newrokop was founded in 1890 and confirmed by a sultan 's council.

Metropolitans

Ottoman certificate of appointment ( Berât ) for Metropolitan Ilarion (1894)

Important church buildings

Individual evidence

  1. ^ RJ Crampton: A Concise History of Bulgaria . 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press, January 9, 2006, ISBN 978-0-521-61637-9 , pp. 137 ff.

Web links

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