Knyaz Boris I Mikhail
With the Christianization of the Bulgarian people, he incorporates the values of Christian civilization. The construction of their own Christian culture, which facilitates the introduction of the Cyrillic alphabet and its implementation in the country after 885 years. The construction of churches and monasteries, which indicates that began to develop Christian culture. Due to the conversion begins formation of the Bulgarian people, introducing the new legislation, Bulgaria has established itself as a highly developed medieval country. However, the country enters Byzantine influence, which threatens the foundations of the Bulgarian state.Bulgaria became a member of "Byzantine family of nations" in which the Bulgarian ruler is regarded as the spiritual son of the Byzantine Emperor. By Byzantine missionaries penetrate foreign influence. But thanks to the creation of an independent Bulgarian church and the introduction of the Slavic alphabet, the state retains autonomy and in no small degree prepares Golden Age of Bulgarian state.
St. Tsar Boris - Bulgarian ruler (852-889), which have introduced Christianity and the Cyrillic alphabet in Bulgaria in 864 is converted in Pliska and all his family and received the Christian name Michael. Christianity became the official religion of the Bulgarian state. He achieved international recognition for an autonomous Bulgarian Archbishopric under the rule of Constantinople Ecumenical Patriarchate (March 4, 870). There is a large contribution to the enlightenment of the Bulgarian society.
In 886 Boris-Mihail accepts students of Cyril and Methodius created and Ohrid and Preslav schools. After his death in 907, he was canonized as a saint and was awarded a royal title.
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