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'''Exarch Joseph I''' (also known as Iosif I, [[secular name]] '''Lazar Yovchev''', {{Lang-bg|Лазар Йовчев}}; May 5, 1840, [[Kalofer]], Ottoman Empire – June 20, 1915, [[Sofia]], Bulgaria) was a [[Bulgarian Exarchate|Bulgarian Exarch]] from 1877 to 1915.<ref>{{cite book |editor= Buchan, John|editor-link=John Buchan |chapter= Bulgaria |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/nationsoftodayne12buch/page/n17/mode/2up|title= Bulgaria and Romania: The Nations of Today; A New History of the World |place= Boston and New York |publisher= Houghton Mifflin Company |year= 1924 |url= https://archive.org/details/nationsoftodayne12buch/page/n5/mode/2up |page=[https://archive.org/details/nationsoftodayne12buch/page/33/mode/2up 33] |accessdate= 20 June 2021 |via= [[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> He has great merits for preserving the unity of the [[Bulgarian Orthodox Church]] and for the Bulgarian educational and ecclesiastical work in [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]] and [[Thrace]], which remained in the [[Ottoman Empire]] after 1878. |
'''Exarch Joseph I''' (also known as Iosif I, [[secular name]] '''Lazar Yovchev''', {{Lang-bg|Лазар Йовчев}}; May 5, 1840, [[Kalofer]], Ottoman Empire – June 20, 1915, [[Sofia]], Bulgaria) was a [[Bulgarian Exarchate|Bulgarian Exarch]] from 1877 to 1915.<ref>{{cite book |editor= Buchan, John|editor-link=John Buchan |chapter= Bulgaria |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/nationsoftodayne12buch/page/n17/mode/2up|title= Bulgaria and Romania: The Nations of Today; A New History of the World |place= Boston and New York |publisher= Houghton Mifflin Company |year= 1924 |url= https://archive.org/details/nationsoftodayne12buch/page/n5/mode/2up |page=[https://archive.org/details/nationsoftodayne12buch/page/33/mode/2up 33] |accessdate= 20 June 2021 |via= [[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> He has great merits for preserving the unity of the [[Bulgarian Orthodox Church]] and for the Bulgarian educational and ecclesiastical work in [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]] and [[Thrace]], which remained in the [[Ottoman Empire]] after 1878. |
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Lazar married Aleksandra |
Lazar married Aleksandra Ivanova |
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in 1859 both aged 19 respectively in Sofia. |
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Lazar had 3 children: Melinda (1860-1948), Feodorovna (1862-1899) and Mihayil (1865-1963). Melinda married Aryeh Verbovsky in 1878 and had a son and Feodorovna married Iosephi in 1881 and had a daughter whereas Mihayil never married but became a priest in 1882 aged 17 until his passing aged 98. |
Lazar had 3 children: Melinda (1860-1948), Feodorovna (1862-1899) and Mihayil (1865-1963). Melinda married Aryeh Verbovsky in 1878 and had a son and Feodorovna married Iosephi in 1881 and had a daughter whereas Mihayil never married but became a priest in 1882 aged 17 until his passing aged 98. |
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Joseph I | |
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| Bulgarian Exarch and Metropolitan of Lovech | |
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| Church | Bulgarian Orthodox Church (Bulgarian Exarchate) |
| See | Constantinople |
| Installed | 24 April 1877 |
| Term ended | 20 June 1915 |
| Predecessor | Anthim I |
| Successor | Parthenius |
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| Born | Lazar Yovchev May 5, 1840 |
| Died | June 20, 1915 (aged 75) Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Buried | St. Nedelya Church, Sofia |
| Nationality | Bulgarian |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Residence | Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Parents | Feodor Yovchev (1818-1898) and Anna Melissa Wiktoria Coburg-Yovchev (1818-1915) |
| Spouse | Aleksandra Ivanova (married from 1859 until 1874) |
| Children | Melinda Verbovsky (1860-1948), Feodorovna (1862-1899) and Mihayil (1864-1963) |
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Exarch Joseph I (also known as Iosif I, secular name Lazar Yovchev, Template:Lang-bg; May 5, 1840, Kalofer, Ottoman Empire – June 20, 1915, Sofia, Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian Exarch from 1877 to 1915.[1] He has great merits for preserving the unity of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and for the Bulgarian educational and ecclesiastical work in Macedonia and Thrace, which remained in the Ottoman Empire after 1878. Lazar married Aleksandra Ivanova in 1859 both aged 19 respectively in Sofia. Lazar had 3 children: Melinda (1860-1948), Feodorovna (1862-1899) and Mihayil (1865-1963). Melinda married Aryeh Verbovsky in 1878 and had a son and Feodorovna married Iosephi in 1881 and had a daughter whereas Mihayil never married but became a priest in 1882 aged 17 until his passing aged 98.
Lazar's grave is marked with a white cross and a bed with flowers, it is located on the south side of the church "St. Nedelya" in Sofia, near the side altar door.[2]
Note
- ^ Buchan, John, ed. (1924). "Bulgaria". Bulgaria and Romania: The Nations of Today; A New History of the World. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 33. Retrieved 20 June 2021 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ The Sveta Nedelya Church of Sofia (in Bulgarian), pravoslavieto.com
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