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Temple ‘ the Assu of Most Holy Merry’

“Was set up this Glory Temple of our Most Holy Virgin Mary with help and outlays to all pious chritstians of this city. Year 1602 “ Cyclops movies

Scooby Doo! The Mystery Begins This inscription ( in Greek letters) written at marble plaque, situated inside the church is getting us back in the time, at the troubled times, when this temple has been built. It remains that this is the olderst church in Varna, fact that makes us asking ourself: What we knows about it? This inscription is so short.. We knows the church ‘ the Assu of Most Holy Merry’ in this condition, but it is due to reconstructions. Originally the Temple has been with dimensions 7 meters long and 8 meters weight. The first reconstruction adds little angle to west with enlargement of 2.4 meters. Much later, it is enlarged with 4.5 meters more and lastly, following the same direction there is enlargement 7.5 meters and rise with about 0,40 meters. That is the way how the temple has been shaped for the view in present time.
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At the last couple of years the Temple has been fully renovated and we all owe a debt of gratitude to these three persons about it- Dimiter Lefterov, Lazar Vichev and Edelvais Nikolov and all other sponsors, donors and contributors.
For Varna’s citizens this Temple will always be “the one with the miraculous sacred image”. For the miraculous sacred image of Holy Virgin Mary with the infant (that is still at the church) we know the following legend. This icon has been found in the summer of year 1602 by Christian at the ‘Teke Karaach’ area, situated for about 3 km north-western direction to Varna. There has been situated old Bulgarian monastery dated to the Second Bulgarian Kingdom with water spring and three big elm-trees. Going to the spring for water, this person is seeing on the top of the middle one, the highest elm-tree an icon, just between the boughs. He is getting right back at town saying  to the priest what he had saw. Word went around that sacred image, and there are so many Christians. front of their doors in short time.Many peoples comes together to the place with decision to get down the icon from the elm-tree and this action has been done by three persons, as the legend continues. At the meantime turk man is crossing around with oxcart and they pray to him can they put the sacred image at the cart in order to move the icon to the town. He accept their request, but the ox didn’t start their ride. Then they put the icon down from the cart, when Greek man with oxcart walk through. Peoples are placing the sacred image in his cart also, but his oxes are staying on place at the same way. Then the icon is removed back to the ground and at the meantime young Bulgarian boy is walking through with his oxcart. The icon is placed at his cart too when the ox starts their ride without the lead of anybody. Then the peoples and the priest has been told that the place where the oxcart should stop must be the place where the new Temple must be built. This stop action must be sign for them where the sacred image wants to get place. The church leaders are requesting authorization by the Turk authority and there is permission church to be built at the place where the oxcart has stopped, but the church must be 2 meters above the ground and 2 meters into the ground. At the year 1640 the temple resist to strong blaze. Until year 1914 the Temple is under the wardship of the Greek bishop’s residence. This is the story for the church, named ‘ the Assu of Most Holy Merry’. At year 2002 has been celebrated 400 years to the establishment of this temple.

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The address of this old temple is “Khan Krum” Str. 19 , we got the following telephone number in order to Your visitations and Bulgarian language skills- 052/ 63 39 25

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The Roman Thermae in Varna at Ancient Bulgaria said:

[...] corner of “San Stefano”str. and ” Khan Krum” str. where you can see also ‘ the Assu of Most Holy Merry’ Temple. Tags: • ancient • balineae • Balneae • balnearia • baths • [...]

May 9th, 2008 at 9:22 am

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