Across
- 2. A part of the body of a Christian saint or an object related to his martyrdom turned into an object of worship
- 4. Insignia of supreme power; a crown a scepter, a sword, a globe with a cross, garments, a coat of arms, etc.
- 6. A privilege; a provisional land tenure given to an aristocrat by ruler in exchange of military service; after X C. it became hereditary
- 9. An emissary of a Church who preaches and spreads Christianity
- 10. A basic postulate in religion, considered an absolute and invariable truth without any need of proof
- 14. The Emperor who signed a peace treaty with Tsar Peter?
- 15. Name with a contemptuous tone used by ancient Greeks and later by Romans for foreigners who did not share their cultural values
- 16. The name of the pass where Nicephorus I lost his life
Down
- 1. Who was the Bulgarian khan who disposed of Byzantine “friends” in Pliska
- 3. A vow of singleness, a religious rule
- 5. Which country accepted the first mission of Cyril and Methodius spreading the new alphabet
- 7. Who made Serbia a Bulgarian province
- 8. Bulgarian ruler who destroyed the Avars
- 11. The first territory added to the Bulgarian Khanate
- 12. ruler who defeated the arabs at Constantinople
- 13. Deviation from doctrine adopted at Church Councils
