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The Christianization of Bulgaria was the process by which 9th-century medieval Bulgaria converted to Christianity.It reflected the need of unity within the religiously divided Bulgarian state as well as the need for equal acceptance on the international stage in Christian Europe.
Germans (Bulgarian: немци, nemtsi or германци, germantsi) are a minority ethnic group in Bulgaria (German: Bulgarien). Although according to the 2001 census they numbered 436, [ 1 ] the settlement of Germans in Bulgaria has a long and eventful history and comprises several waves, the earliest in the Middle Ages .
The Christianization of Moravia refers to the spread of the Christian religion in the lands of medieval Moravia (Great Moravia). Constantine and Methodius in Rome, 11th century fresco. What modern historians designate as Great Moravia was a Slavic state that existed in Central Europe from around 830 to the early 10th century.
The connection of Christianity to the Roman Empire was both a factor in encouraging conversion as well as, at times, a motive for persecuting Christians. [2] Until the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Germanic tribes who had migrated there (with the exceptions of the Saxons, Franks, and Lombards, see below) had converted to Christianity. [3]
Christianization of Bulgaria (officially in 864) Christianization of Moravia (officially after 863) Christianization of Serbs (accounted Christian as of about 870 [5]) Christianization of Duchy of Croatia (by the 9th century) Christianization of Bohemia (884) Christianization of Poland (966) Christianization of Kievan Rus' (988)
However, Christianity has been on the decline since the early 1990s, the number of Bulgarian Christians having decreased in both absolute number and percentage from around 7,3 million or 86.6% of the population in the census of 1992 to 4,2 million, or the aforementioned 64.7%, in 2021; most of the decline has been in the Bulgarian Orthodox ...
Bogomilism (Bulgarian: богомилство, romanized: bogomilstvo; Macedonian: богомилство, romanized: bogomilstvo; Serbo-Croatian: bogumilstvo / богумилство) was a Christian neo-Gnostic, dualist sect founded in the First Bulgarian Empire by the priest Bogomil during the reign of Tsar Peter I in the 10th century.
Pages in category "History of Christianity in Bulgaria" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.