THE BULGARIAN CHURCH AND THE HOLY LAND IN 1930s
THE BULGARIAN CHURCH AND THE HOLY LAND IN 1930s

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses events related to continuous efforts by the Bulgarian Church in the 1930s to establish the “Bulgarian ecclesiastical hostel for lay people in the Holy Sepulchre”, aiming at assisting and serving Bulgarian pilgrims who visited the Holy Land, and at the same time stressing the Bulgarian presence in Jerusalem. These efforts coincided with the discussions on the lift of the Bulgarian Schism during 1932 in Jerusalem by the Vicar of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Bishop of Ptolemais Keladion, representing the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, and the Bishop of Stobia Boris, Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Church. Despite the failure of the negotiations between the two sides, considerable funds were raised for this purpose from donations among the Bulgarian people. Subsequent political changes in Bulgaria, however, finally removed any rights on the part of the Holy Synod to establish the hostel in Jerusalem.

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