Ka cika wannan jumla: A shekara ta 1165, Benjamin na Tudela ya kwatanta mutanen da suke zama a garin Boeotia, a ƙasar Hellas a matsayin Kiristoci na ƙarya. Koyaya, 'yan'uwan Vlach Peter da Asen sun gina coci don tattara annabawan Bulgarian da Vlach don sanar da cewa St Demetrius na Thessaloniki ya watsar da abokan gabansu, yayin da suke shirya
tawayen da suka yi wa Daular Byzantine. 'Yan Bulgarian da Vlachs sun yi tawaye kuma sun kirkiro Daular Bulgaria ta Biyu. Shugaban Cocin Orthodox na Bulgarian an daukaka shi zuwa matsayin "Primate of the Bulgarians and the Vlachs" a cikin 1204.