Jump to content

Joseph I of Bulgaria: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
Tcini09 (talk | contribs)
Added content and information
Tags: Undo Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
Tcini09 (talk | contribs)
No edit summary
Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
Line 5: Line 5:
| name = Joseph I
| name = Joseph I
| honorific-suffix =
| honorific-suffix =
| title = [[Bulgarian Exarchate|Bulgarian Exarch]] and [[Metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of [[Lovech]]
| title = [[Bulgarian Exarchate|Bulgarian Exarch]] and [[Metropolitan ⁹bishop|Metropolitan]] of [[Lovech]]
| image = Yosif I.jpg
| image = Yosif I.jpg
| imagesize =
| imagesize =
Line 35: Line 35:
| religion = [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]
| religion = [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]
| residence = [[Constantinople]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
| residence = [[Constantinople]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
| parents = Feodor Yovchev (1818-1898) and Anna Melissa Wiktoria Coburg-Yovchev (1818-1915)
| parents = Feodor Yovchev (1818-1898) and Elisabetta Hasimi (1818-1915)
| spouse =
| spouse = Aleksandra Ivanova (married from 1859 until 1874)
| children =
| children = Melinda Verbovsky (1860-1948), Feodorovna (1862-1899) and
Mihayil (1864-1963)
| occupation =
| occupation =
| profession =
| profession =
Line 49: Line 48:
Lazar married Aleksandra Ivanova
Lazar married Aleksandra Ivanova
in 1859 both aged 19 respectively in Sofia.
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 had 3 children: Melinda (1860-1948), Feodorovna (1862-1899) and Mihayil (1865-1963)


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 Church|St. Nedelya]]" in Sofia, near the side altar door.<ref>[http://www.pravoslavieto.com/hramove/sofia/sv_nedelja.htm The ''Sveta Nedelya'' Church of Sofia] (in Bulgarian), [http://www.pravoslavieto.com/ pravoslavieto.com]</ref>
His grave is marked with a white cross and a bed with flowers, it is located on the south side of the church "[[St Nedelya Church|St. Nedelya]]" in Sofia, near the side altar door.<ref>[http://www.pravoslavieto.com/hramove/sofia/sv_nedelja.htm The ''Sveta Nedelya'' Church of Sofia] (in Bulgarian), [http://www.pravoslavieto.com/ pravoslavieto.com]</ref>


== Note ==
== Note ==

Revision as of 08:16, 26 June 2024


Joseph I
Bulgarian Exarch and Metropolitan of Lovech
ChurchBulgarian Orthodox Church (Bulgarian Exarchate)
SeeConstantinople
Installed24 April 1877
Term ended20 June 1915
PredecessorAnthim I
SuccessorParthenius
Personal details
Born
Lazar Yovchev

(1840-05-05)May 5, 1840
DiedJune 20, 1915(1915-06-20) (aged 75)
Sofia, Bulgaria
BuriedSt. Nedelya Church, Sofia
NationalityBulgarian
DenominationEastern Orthodox Church
ResidenceConstantinople, Ottoman Empire
ParentsFeodor Yovchev (1818-1898) and Elisabetta Hasimi (1818-1915)
SignatureJoseph I's signature

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)

His 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ The Sveta Nedelya Church of Sofia (in Bulgarian), pravoslavieto.com