RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Maxim of Bulgaria

1914 - 2012

Photo of Maxim of Bulgaria

Icon of person Maxim of Bulgaria

Patriarch Maxim (Maximus) (Bulgarian: Патриарх Максим) (born Marin Naydenov Minkov, October 29, 1914 – November 6, 2012) was the head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church from 1971 until his death. He was born in Oreshak, the second of the two children of Nayden Minkov Rachev and Pena Bordzhukova, but very little is known about his parents' background. He was educated only in his native mountain village of Oreshak but from his late childhood, he became a novice monk in the Troyan Monastery and then studied Orthodox Theology at Sofia University, from which he graduated in 1935 with honours. In 1942 he graduated from the Saint Clement of Ohrid State University of Sofia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maxim of Bulgaria is the 1,981st most popular religious figure (up from 2,128th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 146th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Bulgarian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Maxim of Bulgaria by language

Loading...

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Maxim of Bulgaria ranks 1,981 out of 3,187. Before him are Abercius of Hieropolis, Karekin I, Georges Cottier, Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, Senhime, and Maximus I of Constantinople. After him are Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, Bashar ibn Burd, Juliana Falconieri, Saint Domnius, Abdurreshid Ibrahim, and Aloísio Lorscheider.

Most Popular Religious Figures in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Maxim of Bulgaria ranks 163. Before him are Albrecht Brandi, Sun Ra, Domènec Balmanya, Budd Schulberg, Magda Frank, and Adolf Diekmann. After him are Giorgio Almirante, Tito Okello, Mihailo Lalić, Albert Soboul, Alojs Andritzki, and Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky. Among people deceased in 2012, Maxim of Bulgaria ranks 160. Before him are Jiří Raška, Geoffrey Hughes, Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, and Bob Anderson. After him are George McGovern, Pavel Grachev, Ivica Horvat, Adrienne Rich, George Knobel, and Josef Škvorecký.

Others Born in 1914

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2012

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Maxim of Bulgaria ranks 116 out of 415. Before him are Dimitar Penev (1945), Malamir of Bulgaria (810), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (1941), Philipp Kirkorov (1967), Stefka Kostadinova (1965), and Krasimir Balakov (1966). After him are Naim Süleymanoğlu (1967), Norair Nurikyan (1948), Vasil Radoslavov (1854), Traicho Kostov (1897), George Baker (1931), and Keratsa of Bulgaria (1348).

Others born in Bulgaria

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Bulgaria

Among religious figures born in Bulgaria, Maxim of Bulgaria ranks 6. Before him are John of Rila (876), Jeremias II of Constantinople (1536), John XIV of Constantinople (1282), Euthymius of Tarnovo (1317), and Neophyte of Bulgaria (1945). After him are Dobri Dobrev (1914), Ivan II of Bulgaria (1300), Cyril of Bulgaria (1901), and Sophronius of Vratsa (1739).

Bulgarian born Religious Figures

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous