“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 “

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.
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.
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 The ‘Saint Dimiter’ church is situated under the north-eastern slope of Trapezica, at the right coast of Yantra river, This is the oldest and precious dated middle age church in Turnovgrad. This temple is related to the manifestation of the rebel of the Bulgarians during the 1185 under the rule of the boyars Peter and Asen for rejecting the Byzantian domination. After the successful end of the rebel and the restoring of the Bulgarian Kingdom, the church probably has been reformed into King’s one. Here are crowned the first possessors of the Asen’s dynasty- Peter, Asen, Kaloyan. Little bit later, at the end of XVII century and the beginning of XVII century, toward the church has been constructed and monastery. Dated to this buildings are the archaeological finds after 1971, four big buildings , situated toward the east, west and south directions. The church “ Saint Dimiter” and the monastery survive to the third quarter of XIII when they are demolished, probably by earth shake. Later, during the XV century with materials from the demolished church, southern to her has been erected another church, which is on the basements of the southern monastery building. After the destroying of the “Saint Dimiter” church and the monastery around during the second half of the XIV century, here has been created big Christiandom necropolis, that survive until the XX century, There are explored and investigated more that 500 funerals by this necropolis, all the finds and rests are preserved at ossuary in the northern part f the yard.
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Unknown till this moment sacred edifice, part from the architectural complex ” The sanctuary of the nymphs and Aphrodite ” near the village Kasnakovo is object of studies. The find is from the Roman epoch. The building is decorated with marble pavements. At the floor, probably overturned near by the 3rd century has been planked, the scientists have found parts of window’s glass. The studies is supported with financial help by Phare with 240 000 Euro.

At excavations of early Christiandom bishop basilica from 5-6 century at Sandanski, archaeologists has found water-supply outfit, build by granite tiles. According to the words by the regional museum director, Vladimir Petkov, it is interesting as building practice and such outfit has never been found in Bulgaria. The outfit was found indoor, at the bishop’s basilica, were the believers has been assembled before liturgy. That’s fountain, constructed by massive granite tiles, with four bronze spouts, tight with lead, explain the archaeologist Vladimir Petkov. The outfit is near by 6 meters tall and 40 centimeters deep. It is not certificated how this outfit has been provided with water. Probably it is proceeded with the force of interconnected vessels- equipment, well known ever since Effes, adds Petkov.
The scientists are believing that they will find new proofs for the early Christiandom object.
” We believe and we hope that one script will help us for the dating of the target and also for finding the ancient name of our town” says Petkov.
This project is financed by the FAR program.

Unique coin with the face of the Rome’s emperor Caracalla and Orpheus at the other side holding tunic is one of the hottest topic, because of the fact that she confirm the theory that Orpheus is Bulgarian. He is standing on caves that are symbolizing the Rhodopes and is performing with lyre, propped up on his left knee. This coin has been found by treasure-hunter 18 years ago, but subsequently has been redempted by famous businessman, who gave it to Nikolai Ovcharov’s archaeological expedition, that is working up on the studies at the Thracian settlement near the village of Tatul. As Nikolai Ovcharov says, this bronze coin confirm that Orpheus has Bulgarian and not Greek provenance. The fact that this coin has been mint at Philipopolis (nowadays Plovdiv) is proof that till the Roman epoch Orpheus has been one of the divinities of the city and the near centers in the eastern Rhodopes. There is only one coin like this. The rare copies are from the time of emperors Antoninus Pius, Geta and Caracalla. At these from Pii and Geta, Orpheus is surrounded from listening to his music animals, when at the coins from Caracalla the musician is siting on cave, symbolizing the Rhodopes.
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The church was built in the period between 1927-1929 and sanctified on October 12, 1930.
The mural paintings in the temple present the craftsmanship of Nikolai Rostovtsev and Alexander Sorokin. They were painted in the period 1954-1955. The mural paintings and the decorative motifs are in neo-Byzantine style, conforming to the architectural peculiarities.
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