Bulgarian Orthodox Paranormal Belief

Bulgarian Orthodox Paranormal Belief is much the same as mainstream Christian paranormal belief in that it is forbidden that believers attempt contact with malevolent spirits that pretend to be spirits of the dead, as stated in Deuteronomy 18:11 and that the dead should not have contact with the living as stated in Luke 16:19-31.

It is believed that this contact results in contact with spirits that are not of the dead but malevolent spirits which are deceitful and pretending to be such and as such are commanded by Satan and are named as demons, evil spirits and unclean spirits.

It is believed that these spirits are familiar with the recent dead and is the reason why they have knowledge with intimate name details, places, situations and circumstances. In the bible this is referred to as a familiar spirit, Isaiah 29:4.

Bulgarian Orthodox paranormal belief that the plan of demon spirits to is become interested in all that they do especially the wonders they seem to b e able to perform and thus affect people and move them away from their relationship with God.

Often those interested in the paranormal including ghosts and end up experimenting with other activities such as Ouija boards, tarot cards, astrology, fortune telling etc. The search for spirituality often results in delving deeper into the occult which results in an ever increasing downward slope into the occult.

As stated in the bible it is believed that Satan will have then "blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God." (2 Cor. 4:4).

Bulgarian Orthodox paranormal belief is that Christians believe in God and in the Devil and believe that God is stronger than the Devil.

God created everything that is perfect, and anything that Satan created is not perfect. It is quite clear then that sin itself would have been created by Satan, and not God, it is also then quite clear that God can do anything-God is perfection. God is love.

The Bulgarian Orthodox religion is an autocephalous Easter Orthodox religion that has approximately 10 million adherents worldwide.

The church was recognized by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 927 AD and achieved independence in 919 AD. The primate today is the Patriarch Maxim and the church is headquartered in Bulgaria.

The church considers itself an inseparable member of the one, holy and apostolic church and is organized as a self-governing body under the name of the Patriarchate.

The church is divided into thirteen dioceses within Bulgaria, one for Western and Central Europe and one for the Americas, Canada and Australia.

Although church life in the parishes is governed by the local priest but the supreme clerical, judicial and administrative for the church as a whole is exercised by the Holy Synod which includes the Patriarch and diocesan prelates.

This Religion originated in the early christian communities. Christianity was brought to the balkans by Apostle Paul and Apostle Andrew in the 1st century AD.

The church came under great stress during the period of the Ottoman rule as did the population and most churches were razed to the ground. During the 15th century there were many martyrs for the faith as the faithful were subject to forced conversion to Islam.

The church came under the domination of communists from 1944 to 1989. The communists were not interested in destroying the church but rather reducing it's influence among the people. After the demise of communism starting in 1989 the religion once again regained it's dominant position in society.

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