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The 1872 Council of Constantinople and Phyletism
In 1872, the Patriarch of Constantinople in a synod, refused to establish a parallel patriarchate just for Bulgarians on the territory of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. This decision defined and condemned phyletism--parallel Churches on the same territory and organized only for certain ethnic groups.