Simeon of Varna and Preslaw

Simeon or Simeon of Varna and Preslaw ( Bulgarian Симеон Варненски и Преславски / Simeon Warnenski i Preslawski; born February 9, 1840 in Burgas , then Ottoman Empire ; † October 23, 1937 in Varna , Bulgaria ) was a high Bulgarian Orthodox clergyman Bulgarian National Revival , fighter for an independent Bulgarian Church , Metropolitan of the Diocese of Varna and Veliky Preslav of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church between 1872 and 1937 and member of the Holy Synod from 1874 to 1913 .

After the liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule, Simeon von Varna and Preslaw was a member of the Bulgarian Parliament , which he also chaired between December 23, 1882 and December 20, 1883, involved in drafting the first Bulgarian constitution and a member of the First and Second Great National Assembly . His brother Niko Popov was the first Bulgarian mayor of his hometown.

Life

Simeon was born to the priest Nikola and Elena Popov. His brother was Niko Popov . On August 20, 1872, Archimandrite Simeon was ordained Metropolitan of Preslav . A week later on August 27th, Simeon was elected Metropolitan of Varna by the Orthodox population of Warna , but they made one condition: Since Varna was the larger city, the name of the newly founded eparchy and the metropolitan title should be written in reverse: diocese of Varna and Preslaw . The Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz , however, did not approve of the new demarcation (union of the two eparchies) and renaming and only approved the establishment of Simeon as Metropolitan of Preslaw. Thereupon Metropolitan Simeon chose the city of Shumen as his metropolitan seat. The first diocesan council took place in Shumen on February 25, 1873. Since the church was also responsible for the education of the population (compare monastery school in Bulgaria ), Simeon organized a teachers' meeting between April 12th and 16th. On this basis, important decisions for the improvement of the educational facilities and the school plans were made.

literature

• Simeon of Varna and Preslav in Iwan Karajotow, Stojan Rajtschewski, Mitko Iwanow: История на Бургас. От древността до средата на ХХ век (about German history of the city of Burgas. From antiquity to the middle of the 20th century ), Verlag Tafprint OOD, Plovdiv, 2011, ISBN 978-954-92689-1-1 , p. 286

predecessor	Office	successor
-	Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav 1872 - 1937	Josif of Varna and Preslaw