Demetrius (Church Slavonic: Димитрїи Блъгарьскъ Bulgarian: Димитрий Български) was the second Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the first one to have been recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople[1] as a result of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Treaty of 927, which affirmed the Bulgarian victory in the War of 913–927 against the Byzantine Empire.[2] Demetrius headed the Bulgarian Patriarchate in the first years of the reign of emperor Peter I (r. 927–969).

Demetrius of Bulgaria
Patriarch of Bulgaria
Native name
Димитрїи Блъгарьскъ
ChurchBulgarian Orthodox Church
Installedc. 927
Term endedc. 930
PredecessorLeontius
SuccessorSergius
Personal details
NationalityBulgarian
DenominationEastern Orthodox Church

Demetrius was mentioned as the second Patriarch of Bulgaria in the Book of Boril, written in 1211. It is likely that Demetrius resided in the city of Drastar on the river Danube rather than in the capital of the Bulgarian Empire Preslav. He was succeeded by Sergius.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Patriarchs of Preslav". Official site of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  2. ^ Zlatarski 1972, p. 507
  3. ^ Zlatarski 1972, pp. 507–508

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Titles of Chalcedonian Christianity
Preceded by Patriarch of Bulgaria
927–c. 930
Succeeded by