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In 1903 he entered the Sofia Seminary where he graduated in 1909 and continued his education in Moscow Eastern Orthodox Academy during the period 1911-1916.
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Andrew Petkov
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Born Stoyan Petkov, on 31 December 1886 in Vrachesh village, Botevgrad municipality, Petkov took his comprehensive education in Targovishte. Meantime he is a private during the Balkan War (1912–1913) and medical orderly in the Russian army (1914–1915). After graduating in the Moscow Academy he has worked as a teacher in Saint St. Petersburg for two years (1916–1918).
Petkov came back to Bulgaria after bursting out of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia.
In 1928 Stoyan Petkov took "Andrey" ("Andrew") as his name in religion. After being ordained as yero-deacon and archimandrite, on 20 April 1929 he became a bishop with the title Velichki and appointed as vicar as "Simeon, Metropolitan of Varna and Preslav".
In 1937 the Holy Synod sent Petkov to take control of the Bulgarian Eparchy of United States of America, Canada and Australia with his seat in New York, United States of America. He died in 1972 and was buried in the Saint John of Rila Church, Targovishte that was reconstructed with his donation during the 70s.
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church