The Process of Religious and Political Rapprochement between Bulgaria and Yugoslavia in 1920s and 1930s - An International Ecumenical Perspective

Authors

Priit Rohtmets, University of Tartu, Estonia
Radmila Radić, Institute for the Recent History of Serbia, Belgrade

Abstract

This article addresses the role of the ecumenical organization, the World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches, in the complicated process of religious and political rapprochement between Bulgaria and Yugoslavia in the 1920s and 1930s. It argues that the Bulgarian and Yugoslav National Committees of the World Alliance formed a diplomatic channel for tackling the problems between the two countries, predominantly the question of Macedonia, but ultimately the rapprochement process between the two countries failed due to the outbreak of World War II.

Recommended Citation

Rohtmets, Priit and Radić, Radmila (2016) "The Process of Religious and Political Rapprochement between Bulgaria and Yugoslavia in 1920s and 1930s - An International Ecumenical Perspective," Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe: Vol. 36 : Iss. 1 , Article 5.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/ree/vol36/iss1/5