Odkazy na monarchiu v liturgii Bulharskej pravoslávnej cirkvi
References to the monarchy in the liturgy of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Summary/Abstract: During my field research in Bulgaria, I attended services in Bulgarian Orthodox churches several times, namely in the Čerepiš Monastery in the Vracianske region and in the Holy Sunday Church in Sofia. Bulgarian churches are decorated with biblical scenes and frescoes of saints, they are dimly lit - through stained glass windows and candle flames, Old Slavic prayers and chants resound through them. The priests pray for the Bulgarian nation and "the pious Tsar Simeon of the Bulgarians." During the liturgy, the prayer for the Tsar was said three times in total. The liturgy gives the impression of staticity, as if it had been served in an unchanged form for centuries. But can the memory of the Tsar be a relic of the past? Could the liturgy survive in such a form during the communist regime until today? There is also a question: "Which Bulgarian Tsar" do the priests and religious in the Republic of Bulgaria pray for?

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