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'''OrthodoxWiki''' is April 12, 1970 in [[Troyan Monastery | Troyan Monastery]] Metropolitan Lovchanskim [[Maxim (Patriarch of Bulgaria) | Maxim (Minkov)]] became a community-edited encyclopedia monk with the name [[Joseph]] in honor of the righteous [[Joseph of Arimathea | Joseph of Orthodox ChristianityArimathea ]]. Articles are created and edited by our members, and so everything May 3 of that we do here is subject to review and revision. The result is a true consensus productyear, with every interested editor contributing his own knowledge the Metropolitan Lovchanskim [[Maxim (Patriarch of Bulgaria) | Maxim]] was ordained [[ierodiakon]] and writing skills. As such, when you feel that criticism of an article is warranted, we encourage you to '''join in on 27 December - [[Fr]] and fix it!''' Don't worry about breaking anything or doing something wrong—the other editors here are happy to jump in and help you learnappointed a protosinkellom Lovchanskoy diocese.
From July 1971 - [[protosinkell]] [[Diocese of Sofia | Sofia diocese]].
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Please also take a few moments On his return to edit your user page by clicking on your name here, so that we can know a bit about you. Feel free also to add your picture to the [[OrthodoxWiki:User galleryBulgaria | Bulgaria]] was again appointed protosingelom [[Diocese of Sofia | Sofia diocese]].
'''If you are uploading images'''December 7, be sure you're doing so legally 1980 was consecrated bishop and according to '''[[Help:Image licenses|OrthodoxWiki policy]]'''. Failure to abide by policy may result in your images getting deleted without warningappointed second Velichskogo vicar of the Diocese of Sofia.
If you would like to experiment with the wikiOn March 24, please feel free to do so in the '''1981 - Superior [[OrthodoxWiki:SandboxTroyan Monastery |SandboxTroyan Monastery]]'''.
By the wayApril 1, you can sign your name on Talk 1983 appointed manager [[Akronskaya Diocese | Diocese Akronskoy]] and other discussion pages using three tildesApril 17, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. Please sign your comments on Talk pages, so everyone will easily be able to see who left them1986 approved its [[Metropolitan]] om.
Email verification is required for signup. Please know that your email is not viewable to anyone but December 19, 1989 the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church joined the New York and Akronskuyu diocese in one [[Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of the sysopsUSA, Canada and that we respect your privacyAustralia | American and Australian Bulgarian diocese]].Metropolitan Joseph was her Metropolitan with faculty in [[New York]] is
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We hope you enjoy editing here In June 2009, Metropolitan Joseph used his right to consult with his government before the secret dossier, found that from 1980 to 1988, was listed as the informant intelligence [[People's Republic of Bulgaria | Bulgarian Socialist]], although the order is not fully realized. He read out the information of your files in an open letter, and being according to his former promises, has resigned. However, {{Untranslated 3 | The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church | The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church | bg | Saint Synod of the Orthodox Blgarskata tsarkva}} 1 December of the same year, decided not to accept his resignation, praising his pastoral work in America and calling to continue this ministry there. February 15, 2013 at the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the purpose of which was to determine the three candidates for the patriarchal throne, was appointed Chairman of the Central Commission for the preparation of the elected cathedral <ref> {{cite process izbaniya new Bulgarian Patriarch / Pravoslavie.Ru [1608] | Orthodox social network Ekkleziya.Ru | At the end of February 2013 filed a petition for retirement. Lord Joseph notified that it has prepared a part candidate for a place and wants to return to live permanently in Bulgaria. In the Diocese of our community! Your contributions are valuable the USA, Canada and appreciatedAustralia have accumulated a lot of problems: many years of continued litigation Bulgarian parishes in Chicago and the Bulgarian church communities in Australia, the diocesan bishop has not visited for 20 years. — Metropolitan Joseph is considered the successor to his vicar - Bishop Dragovitiysky [[User:FrJohn|Daniel (Nicole)]] <bref>FrJohn</b>]] ([{{cite web | url = http://orthodoxwikiwww.sedmitza.orgru/indexnews/3513127.php?html|title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit§ion=new talk]) 10:31Болгарский metropolitan U.S., March 30, 2013 (HST)Canada and Australia decided to retire - News - Church Research Center "The Orthodox
