Eparchy of Veliko Tarnovo


Eparchy of Veliko Tarnovo is one of the eparchies of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in the Bulgaria.

History

The Eparchy was established after the conversion of the Bulgarians in the time of Saint Boris I of Bulgaria. After 1185 Tarnovo became the centre of the Tarnovo Patriarchate. When the Ottomans conquered Bulgaria Tarnovo Patriarchate decreases in Eparchy of Veliko Tarnovo. The Eparchy were subordinated Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The first metropolitan of the Eparchy of Veliko Tarnovo after the Ottoman rule was Ilarion Makariopolski in 1872.

Monasteries

Veliko Tarnovo vicarage

Gorna Oryahovitsa vicarage

Batoshevski monastery "Blessed Virgin"
Batoshevski monastery "Dormition of the Mother of God"

Structure

Bishops