Christianization of Bulgaria

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The Christianization of Bulgaria was the 9th-century process by which the First Bulgarian Empire officially adopted Eastern Orthodox Christianity, shaping the country's religious and cultural identity under the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christianization ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
religious conversion ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Baptism of Bulgaria ⓘ
Conversion of Bulgaria to Christianity ⓘ
associatedWith disciples of Cyril and Methodius ⓘ
mission of Saints Cyril and Methodius ⓘ
spread of Glagolitic and Cyrillic scripts ⓘ
capitalDuringEvent Pliska ⓘ
century 9th century ⓘ
country First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
culturalImpact development of the Ohrid Literary School ⓘ
development of the Preslav Literary School ⓘ
formation of medieval Bulgarian literature ⓘ
endDate late 9th century ⓘ
followedBy Council of Preslav ⓘ
adoption of Old Church Slavonic as liturgical language in Bulgaria ⓘ
influencedBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
missionary activity from Constantinople ⓘ
keyFigure Boris I of Bulgaria ⓘ
Byzantine Patriarch Photios I ⓘ
Pope Nicholas I ⓘ
ledTo construction of Christian churches in Bulgaria ⓘ
decline of pagan cults in Bulgaria ⓘ
destruction or conversion of pagan temples ⓘ
location Bulgaria ⓘ
First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
mainChurch Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
officialAdoptionBy Boris I of Bulgaria ⓘ
opposedBy Frankish clergy ⓘ
politicalMotivation balancing influence between Byzantium and the Papacy ⓘ
strengthening international legitimacy of the Bulgarian ruler ⓘ
precededBy Slavic paganism ⓘ
Tengriism among the Bulgars ⓘ
paganism in Bulgaria ⓘ
relatedTo Byzantine–Bulgarian relations ⓘ
Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
Christianization of the Slavs ⓘ
religionAdopted Christianity ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
resultedIn Christianization of the Bulgarian people ⓘ
adoption of Slavic liturgy ⓘ
creation of a Slavic Christian culture ⓘ
cultural and literary flourishing in Bulgaria ⓘ
establishment of Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
integration of Bulgaria into Christian Europe ⓘ
spread of Old Church Slavonic ⓘ
strengthening of central royal authority ⓘ
rulerDuringEvent Boris I of Bulgaria ⓘ
startDate 864 ⓘ

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church → associatedWith → Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
First Bulgarian Empire → significantEvent → Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
Christianization of the Balkans → hasKeyEvent → Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
Christianization of Kievan Rus' → follows → Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars → relatedTo → Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
Christianization of Bulgaria → alsoKnownAs → Baptism of Bulgaria ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Bulgaria
Christianization of Bulgaria → alsoKnownAs → Conversion of Bulgaria to Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Bulgaria
Christianization of Bulgaria → resultedIn → Christianization of the Bulgarian people ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Bulgaria
Preslav → associatedWith → Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
Saint Clement of Ohrid → movement → Christianization of the Bulgarians ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Bulgaria
Pliska → associatedWithEvent → Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
Boris I of Bulgaria → notableFor → Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
Michael III → notableEvent → Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
subject linked to: Byzantine Emperor Michael III
Council of Preslav → hasCause → Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
Christianization of the Slavs → associatedWith → Baptism of Bulgaria ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Bulgaria
Great Preslav → associatedWith → Bulgarian Golden Age ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Bulgaria
Bulgar → conversionEvent → Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
Pliska–Preslav culture → associatedWith → Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
Pliska–Preslav culture → relatedTo → Christianization of the First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Bulgaria
Great Basilica of Pliska → significantEvent → Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
Saint Boris I of Bulgaria → notableFor → Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
subject linked to: Saint Boris
Saint Boris I of Bulgaria → conversionEvent → Christianization of the Bulgarians ⓘ
subject linked to: Saint Boris
linked to: Christianization of Bulgaria
Boris I of Bulgaria → notableFor → Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
subject linked to: Boris the Baptizer
Vladimir-Rasate → historicalContext → Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
Krum dynasty → notableEvent → Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
Krum dynasty → associatedWith → Christianization of the First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Bulgaria
Presian I of Bulgaria → beforeEvent → Christianization of Bulgaria under Boris I ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Bulgaria
Bulgarian Empire → significantEvent → Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ