Oreshak, Lovech Province
Oreshak (Bulgarian: Орешак) is a village, situated in the middle part of the Balkan Mountains in Troyan Municipality, Lovech Province, Bulgaria. There is a famous ethnographic complex very close to the Troyan Monastery — one of the biggest monasteries in Bulgaria. In 2024, the village had a population of 1,927 (2021 census). The late Bulgarian Patriarch Maxim was born in Oreshak on October 29, 1914, and was buried at Troyan Monastery after his death in November 2012.
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- ^ "Local elections - 29 October 2023". results.cik.bg. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "Резултат от справка". infostat.nsi.bg. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria". The Telegraph. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "Bulgaria's Patriarch Maxim Buried in Home Monastery". Novinite. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
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