Chiril (Markov) al Bulgariei

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Preafericitul Chiril (Markov) (1901-1971), Patriarh al Bulgariei, a fost primat al Bisericii Ortodoxe Bulgare între anii 1953 și 1971. A fost primul patriarh al Bulgariei după restaurarea Patriarhiei Bulgare în anul 1953.

Viața

Constantine Markov, (Bulgarian: Константин Марков), was born on 3 ianuarie, 1901 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Entering a theological career in the Orthodox Christian Church, Constantine received the name Cyril as he was tonsured into a monastic life on 30 decembrie, 1923 at St. Nedelya Church in Sofia.

He advanced through the Holy Orders and was consecrated the Metropolitan of Plovdiv in 1938. During World War II., Metr. Cyril participated in the Bulgarian popular resistance to the Holocaust. In 1943, he confronted the captors of Bulgarian Jews slated to be deported. While he initially pledged to join in solidarity with the deportees, Metr. Cyril then told the guards he would block the train with his own body. After which the guards reply that they have just received new orders to release the Jews. This episode was recounted in the oratorio "A Melancholy Beauty," composed by Georgi Andreev with libretto by Scott Cairns and Aryeh Finklestein, that was first performed in June 2011 in Washington, D.C.

In 1945, after many decades of negotiations, Patriarch of Constantinople recognized the restoration of autocefalie of the Church of Bulgaria whose last patriarch was Patriarch Eftimie in the late fourteenth century. On 10 mai, 1953, Metr. Cyril was elected Patriarch of Bulgaria.

Patr. Cyril reposed on 7 martie, 1971 and was buried in the main church of the Bachkovo Monastery in south central Bulgaria.

Casetă de succesiune: Chiril (Markov) al Bulgariei
Precedat de: ?	Mitropolit de Plovdiv 1938-1953	Urmat de: ?
Precedat de: Eftimie	Patriarh al Bulgariei 1953-1971	Urmat de: Maxim (Minkov)

Surse

• Wikipedia: Cyril_of_Bulgaria