Church of the Assumption (Burgas)

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The Church of the Assumption in Burgas, view of the west side

The church Uspenie na Presveta Bogorodiza ( Bulgarian църква "Успение на Пресвета Богородица", dt. Church of the Assumption ), also known as the Mother of God Church (bulg. Света Богородица / Sweta Bogorodiza) is known, a Bulgarian Orthodox church in the port city of Burgas in southeast Bulgaria . It is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary in Heaven and is located in M. Lermontow-Str. 5 .

The church, also known as the Greek Church, is the oldest Orthodox church in the city. The previous building was destroyed during the Russo-Ottoman War from 1828 to 1829 and is dated to the beginning of the 17th century. With the return of the Greek Orthodox population after 1840, the current church with an adjoining two-story Greek school was built in the Greek quarter by 1853, according to Sirkarow. Until the establishment of the Bulgarian Church of the Holy Brothers Kiril and Methodius in 1869, it was also used for services of the Bulgarian Orthodoxy.

The three-aisled basilica was built in the red and white pattern typical of medieval Bulgarian-Byzantine church buildings. The facades of the side aisles are structured by two rows one on top of the other and that of the main nave by a row of windows. The main entrance is on the west; other smaller entrances on the north and south sides are only opened for special ceremonies. The height of the main nave is 11.5 meters, that of the side aisles nine. The floor plan takes up a covered area of ​​470 m² and has an east-west orientation. The main nave is supported by two rows of six marble columns each. Each nave closes in the east by an apse, with those of the side aisles being smaller. The chancel is separated from the nave by an altar wall ( iconostasis ) made of white marble stone.

The eso narthex of the west facade of the church was completed in 1853. At first it was only covered and was only glazed at a later date. Because of the Ottoman laws, no bell tower was initially built and the services were accompanied by semantron . Nevertheless, two symmetrical church towers were built when the west facade was completed . They are used to access the gallery . The towers were enlarged in 1927–1928 and now tower above the main nave. In one before them, three bells were installed during this period.

A Greek school was built next to her. In 1906 the Greek church was taken over by the Bulgarian population in response to similar events in Greece. The church was expropriated, placed under the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and renamed the Ascension of Christ . In 1952 the church was restored and got its previous name back. The outer walls were provided with marble slabs and the church lost its characteristic red and white pattern. During the restoration, the Greek frescoes and inscriptions were exposed. Today the iconostasis houses the ancient Greek icons, while the wall paintings are mixed Bulgarian-Greek.

literature

  • Ivan Karajotow , Stojan Rajtschewski, Mitko Ivanov: История на Бургас. От древността до средата на ХХ век. (German history of the city of Burgas. From antiquity to the middle of the 20th century. ) Tafprint OOD publishing house, Plovdiv 2011, ISBN 978-954-92689-1-1 .
  • Atanas Sirkarow: Архитектурата на Бургас 1878-1940. (Ger. The architecture of Burgas 1878–1940 ), Verlag Baltika, Burgas 2010, ISBN 978-954-8040-29-7 , pp. 216–217.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sirkarow p. 216; Karajotow / Rajtschewski / Iwanow p. 297.
  2. ↑ Sirkarow p. 216.
  3. ↑ Sirkarow p. 216.
  4. ↑ Karajotow / Rajtschewski / Iwanow p. 297.
  5. ↑ Sirkarow p. 216.

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Coordinates: 42 ° 29 ′ 32 ″  N , 27 ° 28 ′ 30 ″  E