Timeline February 1871

Events in February 1871 1

• 1871 Bulgarian Exarchate adopts its first statute Church council organises new Bulgarian church body A council of Bulgarian clergy and laity meeting in Constantinople adopted the first organic statute of the newly established Bulgarian Exarchate, an autocephalous church separate from the Greek Patriarchate. The move reflected growing Bulgarian national consciousness within the Ottoman Empire. The Exarchate became closely tied to the later Bulgarian national movement.