Dorotheus ( bg, Доротей) was a Patriarch of the
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church ( bg, Българска православна църква, translit=Balgarska pravoslavna tsarkva), legally the Patriarchate of Bulgaria ( bg, Българска патриаршия, links=no, translit=Balgarsk ...
in the beginning of the 14th century. His name is known only from the medieval ''
Book of Boril'' where he is listed as the seventh Patriarch presiding over the Bulgarian Church from
Tarnovo
Veliko Tarnovo ( bg, Велико Търново, Veliko Tărnovo, ; "Great Tarnovo") is a town in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province.
Often referred as the "''City of the Tsars''", Veliko Tarnovo ...
, the capital of the
Bulgarian Empire
In the medieval history of Europe, Bulgaria's status as the Bulgarian Empire ( bg, Българско царство, ''Balgarsko tsarstvo'' ) occurred in two distinct periods: between the seventh and the eleventh centuries and again between the ...
. Dorotheus led the Bulgarian Church during the reign of Emperor
Theodore Svetoslav
Theodore Svetoslav ( bg, Тодор Светослав, ''Todor Svetoslav'' and also Теодор Светослав, ''Teodor Svetoslav'') ruled as emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from 1300 to 1322. The date of his birth is unknown. He expanded the ter ...
(r. 1300–1321), who had his predecessor Patriarch
Joachim III executed for treason in 1300.
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13th-century births
14th-century deaths
14th-century Bulgarian people
Patriarchs of Bulgaria
People from Veliko Tarnovo