Diocese of Sliven

The Metropolitan of Sliven, Joanikij, at the International Festival of Orthodox Music in Pomorie, June 2014

The Diocese of Sliven ( Bulgarian Сливенска епархия / Sliwenska Eparchija) is an eparchy ( diocese ) of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church with its seat in Sliven . The Diocese of Sliven is now divided into seven ecclesiastical administrative districts ( Okolija ): Sliven, Burgas , Jambol , Karnobat , Elchowo , Malko Tarnowo and Kotel . There are around 380 places of worship and 8 monasteries in the diocese. The eparchy was founded in 1870 when the Bulgarian Orthodox Church was founded by theSultansferman regained her independence from the Greek Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in 1870 . Bulgarians had previously been installed as bishops of the eparchy.

Metropolitans

• Serafim of Sliven (1873-1896)
• Gewrasij von Sliven (1897-1919)
• Ilarion of Sliven (1922–1939)
• Evlogy of Sliven (1939–1947)
• Nikodim of Sliven (1947–1980)
• Joanikij (from 1980)

Important church buildings

The Cathedral of the Holy Brothers Kiril and Methodius in Burgas is the largest church in the eparchy

• The Cathedral of Holy Brothers Kiril and Methodius in Burgas
• The Cathedral of St. Dimitar in Sliven
• Pomorie Monastery
• Goljamo Bukowo Monastery
• Ustrem Monastery
• Burgas Monastery

Web links

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

• The official website of the Diocese of Sliven (Bulgarian)
• The Diocese of Sliven on the official website of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (Bulgarian)
• The Diocese of Sliven on the website www.pravoslavie.bg (Bulgarian)