Diocese of Sofia

The Diocese of Sofia ( Bulgarian Софийска епархия / Sofijska Eparchija) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church based in Sofia . Today the diocese is divided into eight Okolii : Sofia, Samokow , Ichtiman , Dupnitsa , Radomir , Kyustendil , Tran and Godetsch . Since 1922 the head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (1870-1953 exarch , from 1953 patriarch ) is also head of the eparchy of Sofia.

Metropolitans

• Miletij (? –1631)
• Miletij (1671 – before 1676)
• Kalevite
• Anastasiy
• Miletij (1872-1891)
• Partenij (1892-1918)
• Exarch Stefan I (1922–1948)
• Patriarch Kiril (1953-1971)
• Patriarch Maxim (1971-2012)
• Patriarch Neofit (2013-)

Important church buildings

• Dragalewtsi Monastery
• Kremikovtsi Monastery
• Rila Monastery
• Pantscherevo Monastery
• The Boyana Church in Sofia
• The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia
• The Sveta Nedelya Cathedral in Sofia
• Rotunda Sweti Georgi in Sofia
• The Sweta Sofia Church in Sofia
• The Sweta Petka Samardschijska Church in Sofia
• Spiritual Academy Sofia

Web links

Commons : Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of Sofia  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• The Diocese of Sofia on the Official Website of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (bulg.)
• The Diocese of Sofia on the website www.pravoslavie.bg (bulg.)