The Bulgarian Uniate Archbishop Joseph Sokolsky in Service of the Russian Government Cover Image

Българският униатски архиепископ Йосиф Соколски в служба на руското правителство
The Bulgarian Uniate Archbishop Joseph Sokolsky in Service of the Russian Government

Author(s): Petаr Gramatikov
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Diplomatic history, Local History / Microhistory, Political history, Modern Age, Special Historiographies:, Theology and Religion, 19th Century, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Институт за знание, наука и иновации ЕООД
Keywords: Joseph Sokolsky; Uniatism; Union; Russia; Bulgarian Church

Summary/Abstract: Joseph Sokolski was a supporter of the idea of independence of the Bulgarian church. At the same time, he was attracted to the union movement. Russian diplomacy is very worried about the union, seeing in it a threat to Russia's influence on the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and on the Bulgarian population in the Ottoman Empire. The Russian ambassador in Constantinople, Prince Lobanov, decided to kidnap Archbishop Joseph Sokolski from Constantinople.

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