The church was under reconstruction at the beginning of May, so you might be disappointed if you are going there soon. Still, a must-see for all Bulgarian visitors to Istanbul.
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The church was under reconstruction at the beginning of May, so you might be disappointed if you are going there soon. Still, a must-see for all Bulgarian visitors to Istanbul.
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İt is one of the rarest buildings taht u can see totally made of iron,and it is the only Bulgarian church of Turkey. The icons inside are very good. The chuch is more close to an Russian Orthodox chuch rtaher than Greek Ordotox in terms of depictions of the icons.
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Amazing to know the story of the church- that it's been built in Austira from steel and constructed over night in İstanbul!
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I was amased how this slabs of cast iron hoisted together make such an elegant building. Unique building technique best seen at the shore of Golden Horn.
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This is one of the most beautiful churches I have ever seen, as I live in Bulgaria! What I saw is that the turkish government really cares and helps a lot. In 2010 the try government gave money for renovation and they made the domes golden! (real gold)
I highly recommend this monument of beauty!
P.S. And what can you...
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This Bulgarian Church is quite unique in it's being made of only iron and being a prefab building. Before this church, Bulgarians who were Ottoman Empire citizens were part of the Orthodox Patriarchate but as of mid 19th century, their differences with the Patriarchate grew and they establised a totally different faith group and this required a separate church. St...
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