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Joachim II of Bulgaria

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Installed
  
c. 1263

Predecessor
  
Basil II

Nationality
  
Bulgarian

Term ended
  
c. 1272

Successor
  
Ignatius

Died
  
1272

Church
  
Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Joachim II (Bulgarian: Йоаким) was a Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in the mid 13th century. He is listed in the medieval Book of Boril as the third Patriarch presiding over the Bulgarian Church from Tarnovo, the capital of the Bulgarian Empire. Joachim II is also mentioned in a ktitor inscription in a rock monastery near the village of Troitsa on the territory of modern Shumen Plateau Nature Park. The church was consecrated in 1265 and was named after the Saints Nicholas and Andrew. Joachim II lead the Bulgarian Church during the reign of Emperor Konstantin Tih (r. 1257–1277).

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