Finally on 1 March 1870, it was declared by an imperial edict that the Bulgarian minority had the right to establish their own church, and that it should be recognised by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate.
Konačno 1. marta 1870. carskim ediktom je proglašeno da bugarska manjina ima pravo da uspostavi sopstvenu crkvu, i da bi ona trebalo da bude priznata od strane Grčkog pravoslavnog patrijarhata.