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View of the cathedral at a distance. The Patriarchal Cathedral of the Holy Ascension of God is located on top of the Tsarevets hill, overlooking the modern city of Veliko Tarnovo. The church was part of a group of buildings which constituted the seat of the Bulgarian Patriarchate and acted as the city and the country's main cathedral. [1]
A view of the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Holy Ascension of God, the seat of the Tarnovo Patriarchate The Tаrnovo Patriarchate ( Bulgarian : Търновска патриаршия ) was the name of an independent Bulgarian Orthodox Church in the period of 1235–1393.
The Patriarch of Tarnovo confirmed the patriarchal dignity of the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1346, despite protests by the Patriarchate of Constantinople. The Tarnovo Literary School developed under the wing of the Patriarchate in the 14th century, with scholars of the rank of Patriarch Evtimiy, Gregory Tsamblak, and Konstantin of Kostenets.
After Evtimiy was elected patriarch in 1375, the cloister acquired the honorary name Patriarchal Monastery. [1] [2] [3] In the late 14th century, the Patriarchal Monastery of the Holy Trinity was one of the major hubs of the Tarnovo Literary School, [3] which produced masterpieces such as the Tetraevangelia of Ivan Alexander and the Tomić Psalter.
The first church school in the church "St. Nikolai ”was established in 1839. In 1839 there was a secular mutual school in the town with teachers Petko Nikolov and Zahari Knyazhevski. The first class school in the city was established in 1855. A Greek school existed in the city until the Liberation of Bulgaria. University of Veliko Tarnovo
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. [1] The first metropolitan of the Eparchy of Veliko Tarnovo after the Ottoman rule was Ilarion Makariopolski ...
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The village is also mentioned by the Roman Catholic bishop of Sofia Petar Bogdan Bakshev, who visited Tarnovo in 1640. He remarked there was a village up in the mountains, from where the whole of Tarnovo could be seen, that had about 1,000 houses. Another Roman Catholic bishop, Anton Stefanov, refers to Arbanasi in 1685.