Metropolitan Boris (in the world Vangel Simov Razumov ; October 26, 1888 , the village of Gavato , the Ottoman Empire - November 8, 1948 , the village of Kolarovo , Petrich , Blagoevgrad region ) - Bishop of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church , Metropolitan Nevrokopsky.
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Biography
He was born on October 26, 1888 in the village of Gavato of the Ottoman Empire (now the community of Bitola , Republic of Macedonia ). In 1903, his father died, who served in the detachment of George Sugarev .
He graduated from the Odrinsky Bulgarian Gymnasium in 1904 and continued his education at the Bulgarian Theological Seminary in Constantinople with a scholarship issued by Exarch Joseph I.
On June 10, 1910, in the Church of St. Stephen, Metropolitan Hilarion was tonsured a monk with the name Boris and served as hierodeacon under the Neurocopian Metropolitan Hilarion.
In 1911 he continued his education at the Theological Faculty of the University of Chernivtsi (Austria-Hungary) and graduated with a “ Doctor of Theology ” degree in 1915.
In the same year he returned to Bulgaria and was appointed a teacher at the Priestly School in Bachkovo . Then he taught at the Plovdiv Theological Seminary .
On November 25, 1917, Hierodeacon Boris was ordained a hieromonk by Metropolitan Maxim of Plovdiv and left for Hungary , where until 1922 he led the church-educational activities of the Bulgarian community of Budapest.
In July 1922 he returned and was awarded the rank of archimandrite .
From May 1923 until September 1924, Archimandrite Boris was a protosingel at the Sofia Metropolis .
From September 1924 to September 1926 - head of the cultural and educational department at the Holy Synod and rector of the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky .
From September 1926 until the end of November 1931 he was rector of the Sofia Theological Seminary .
On December 14, 1930, Archimandrite Boris was promoted to vicar bishop of Stobia .
Since November 28, 1931 - the first secretary of the Holy Synod. He remained in this post until March 17, 1935, when he was elected Metropolitan Nevrokopsky.
In 1932, Metropolitan Boris was entrusted with a historical mission in Jerusalem to overcome the Greco-Bulgarian schism . The negotiations begun on April 12, successfully ended only on February 22, 1945.
Over the short period of his administration of the diocese, Metropolitan Boris was able to successfully complete the construction of more than 20 churches. Metropolitan Boris possessed encyclopedic knowledge, was fluent in 13 languages, and was an implacable opponent of atheism and communist ideology.
On September 29, 1948, he sent a letter to the Holy Synod protesting against the atrocities of communist power in the Neurocopian diocese. He spoke many times about the terror of Stalinist power against the clergy in the USSR. Because of his actions, the BKP District Committee declared him "enemy No. 1 of the people's power."
On November 8, 1948, at the instigation of the communist authorities, he was killed after the consecration of the Church of St. Demetrius in the village of Kolarovo by the clearing priest Iliya Stamenov. In a tombstone, Metropolitan Dorostolo-Chervensky, Mikhail called Metropolitan Boris “the conscience of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church” ( Bulgarian sestvest on the Bulgarian church ). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] .
Canonization
On March 31, 2016, the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church , having examined the letter of Metropolitan Serafim (Dinkov) of Nevrokopsky, gave a blessing to begin the process of canonization of Metropolitan Boris Nevrokopsky. The upcoming 70th anniversary of the assassination of Metropolitan Boris [6] became the reason for the letter from Metropolitan Nevrokopsky Seraphim.
On November 10, 2018, it was canonized by the Bulgarian Orthodox Old Church .
Notes
- ↑ Tsatsov, Boris. The bishop on the Bulgarian state is an Orthodox church. Sofia, 2003.
- ↑ Martyrly Cross
- ↑ Focus Agency from April 12, 2006
- ↑ Pat Golgotha
- ↑ Encyclopedia “Pirinsky Territory”. Volume 1, Blagoevgrad, 1995, p. 108.
- ↑ DECISION on the Holy Synod of 03/31/2016: The canonization procedure for the canonization of Metropolitan Boris Nevrokopsky
Links
- BORIS // Orthodox Encyclopedia . - M .: Church Scientific Center "Orthodox Encyclopedia" , 2003. - V. VI. - S. 38 .-- 752 p. - 39,000 copies. - ISBN 5-89572-010-2 .
- NEUROCOPES METROPOLIT BORIS REASONS