Local craftsmen from the surrounding villages built the temple in 1838. The chief craftsman was named Atanasii.
The church is a typical representative of Revival architecture - three-shipped pseudo basilica, with a polygonal profiled apsis, a high middle ship and two lower side-ships with wooden stretchers. The whole church is built from polished stone blocks. The entrances and the windows of the church are surrounded with stone frames. The roof is semi-sloped exasperated from west and east.

The facade is characterized by rich stone, plaster art. The plaster art ornaments decorate even the stone wall in the yard, where the name of the chief craftsman is written in an encrusted, stylized, two-headed eagle with a cross and vegetation details. A “Blossoming Cross” and a stylized “Tree of Life” are formed in a stone block niche. The most interesting element from the plaster art decoration is the seven-headed beast-dragon. Usually the dragon is portrayed pictorially in scenes of the Apocalypse, but in St Atanasii Church the stone bas-relief features only the dragon without the fiery river and the sunny woman, the saint, seen in the frescos. The details are economized and the chief craftsman emphasized only the beast. It is considered that the symbolic role of the dragon is to preserve the church from evil forces.

A pentahedral church tower is situated opposite the apsis in the church yard. Its upper part has an elaborate construction from monolith columns and arches. The base of the cupola is laid upon stone arches and is covered with plates. There is a cross atop the church tower. The stone arches and columns are precisely processed.

The iconostasis of the temple is done in so-called Edirne Fretwork style. There are eight tsar icons on the iconostasis, and two more on the southern wall. All icons are with a double profiled frame, formed as a “tortuous rope” which in fact is an archaism motif. The icons were painted in 1840. The colors are complex, the gamut is warm. The icon-painter had a “sharp arm” - the contour is clear and precise. The faces are expressive and well modulated. The patron saint icon is of St. Atanasii.
With its unique architecture, stone plaster, icons and fretwork iconostasis, the temple has preserved the authentic Revival spirit and atmosphere inherent in the village Belopoliane.

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