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Sofia Theological Seminary

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later moved to the capital of Bulgaria as the city council of Sofia donated a lot for the construction of a separate new seminary building.
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headquarters (1944-1946), by the Union of the Soviet-Bulgarian Friendship (1946-1950) and a Palace of Pioneers (1951-1990).
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In the spring of 1990 the buildings of the Sofia Seminary were given back to the Holy Synod and education was restored.
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This Bulgarian university, college or other education institution article is a
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rule of 1920-1923 opened an agricultural faculty inside. The events after the
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laid the foundation stone together with the chairman of the
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The Sofia Seminary's construction began in 1902, when Knyaz
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and the use of the seminary complex in Sofia in turn as a
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Buildings and structures of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
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and an ecclesiastical institution of high education.
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Sofia Seminary


Yoan Rilski
42°40′31″N 23°20′11″E / 42.67528°N 23.33639°E / 42.67528; 23.33639
John of Rila
Bulgarian
Sofia
Bulgaria
seminary
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Samokov
Lyaskovets
Samokov Theological Seminary
Ferdinand of Bulgaria
Holy Synod
Austro-Hungarian
Friedrich Grünanger
Eclecticism
Byzantine architecture
St Demetrius
Balkan Wars
First World War
Agrarianist
Second World War
Cherepish
Soviet Army
Official website (in Bulgarian)
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