Религиозност, църковност и патриархалност - социологическа равносметка
Religiosity, Churchhood and Patriarchy - A Sociological Review

Summary/Abstract: On Sept. 11th, 2024, the sociological agency “Gallup International Balkan” published a social polls survey conducted for the period Aug. 1st-9th by the face-to-face method on the ratings (in percentage of approval) of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The polls represent two major issues the author calls states. Firstly, what are the ratings as of to date of the Bulgarian Or-thodox Church and, secondly, what are the ratings of its incumbent Head of Family, the newly elected Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil.The article – “Religiousness, Ecclesiasticism, and Patriarchality – A Sociological Review” – centers on the above-mentioned data from the “Gallup” agency comparing them in a historical perspective to the political and cultural changes in the country from the time of the early 1990s. The epoch was rather tumultuous and dynamic for the countries of the former Soviet Un-ion bloc, leading to the presently emerged war conflicts in Eastern Europe (between Russia and Ukraine) and in the Middle East (between Israel and Palestine). The approach of discussing and analyzing those data exactly from such a perspective consists in the fact that there is a high level of similarity – public opinion approval on the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and its then Patriarch Maxim (1914-2012) some 30 years ago is similar in tendency to the present polls, according to “Gallup”. An-swering the question what the reasons for that are, the article tries to outline the circumstances that yes, there is similarity in the tendencies, given that the political background at the time was loaded with a different public urge for change of the political system from totalitarian to democratic.

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