Култове, култови места и богослужебни ритуали на българските католици през XVII в.
Cults, Places of Worship and Liturgical Rites of the Catholic Bulgarians during the Seventeenth Century

Summary/Abstract: Using the rich documentation of the time, the author proposes a systematization of the extant information about cults and liturgical practice of the Bulgarian Catholics in the 17th c. The first part of the article explores data concerning the various types of the liturgy, the liturgical calendars (Julian or Gregorian), and relations with the Orthodox and folk traditions. In the second part, the author offers a systematization of the extant dedications of religious buildings: a/ in the regions of the converted Paulicians in Moesia and Thrace; b/ in the Archbishopric of Čiprovci (Kiprovats) and its surroundings; c/ in the city of Sofia where the Catholic community was composed by merchants from Dubrovnik.

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