A file of correspondence and reports concerning religion in Bulgaria. The documents cover a visit to Bulgaria and Romania by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie; details of Runcie's meetings with Patriarch Maksim and Patriarch Justinian; Runcie's visits to monasteries and places of interest; and a meeting with Lyubomir Popov, the Bulgarian deputy minister of foreign affairs, on church-state relations in Bulgaria. Other documents in the file cover the current state of religion in Bulgaria; an enquiry on Bulgaria's Muslim population; a planned visit to Bulgaria by Ambrose Weeks, the Suffragan Bishop in Europe; the appointment of Robert Braun as the new Anglican chaplain for Bucharest and Sofia; and briefs on Anglo-Bulgarian and Anglo-Romanian relations.
- Collection ID
- FCO28
- Countries
- Romania United Kingdom
- Department Reference
- ENG 226/1
- Document Type
- Correspondence Print Publications Reports
- File Reference
- FCO 28/4864
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fco28.004864
- Note
- The following item has been removed from this file due to copyright restrictions: Pergamon Press, 1981, Todor Zhivkov: Statesman and Builder of New Bulgaria.
- Pages
- 53
- Persons Discussed
- Lyubomir Popov Patriarch Justinian of Romania Patriarch Maksim of Bulgaria Robert Runcie
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Bulgaria
- Themes
- International Relations Religion
