Background
Bosakov, Joseph Blagoev was born on December 6, 1942 in Slavovitza, Bulgaria. Son of Blagoy Lazarov Bosakov and Milena Ivanova Bosakova. came to the United States, 1983.
Bosakov, Joseph Blagoev was born on December 6, 1942 in Slavovitza, Bulgaria. Son of Blagoy Lazarov Bosakov and Milena Ivanova Bosakova. came to the United States, 1983.
Student, Spiritual Seminary, Tcherepish, Bulgaria, 1956-1961; student, Theological Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1966-1970; Baccalaureate, Theological Seminary, Zagorsk, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1973.
Hierodeacon, hieromonk, Lovchanska Metropolia, Lovech, Bulgaria, 1971; archimandrite, Sofiiska Metropolia, 1973-1980; bishop-vicar, Sofiiska Metropolia, 1980; bishop, administrator, American Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese, Akron, Ohio., 1983; metropolitan, Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the United States, Canada and Australia, Akron, 1986; metropolitan, Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the United States, Canada and Australia, New York City, since 1991; assistant metropolitan, Bulgarian Orthodox Church in New York, 1986-1987.