Arbanasi monastery is situated at the north western part of the Arbanasy village. Probably the monastery has a Middle Ages provenance, because of the nearly situated ancient stronghold, Roman street also. Under the entrance at the eastern is erected after the liberty church tower. There is existing superscription for the renovate of the monastery during the 1836. At the first years of the yoke the monastery become desolate and the church has been used as parish church. The wonder-working sacred sacred image ” Vurgin Mery handed” with silver halo. The church is low-rise, single-hull, single apse building with two narthex and quite big chapel ‘Saint Trinity’ at the northern side. The church has been renovated during the 1680. At 1716 has been started building processes for residential, housing and farm buildings by the Troian’s monarch Danalil, Father Superior of the men’s monastery. The monastery has been demolished during the attacks of Arbanasi by the kurdjalii turks at 1798,
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At small stronghold near Boroviza village were found from the archaeologists three churches one up above the others. At the lowest stratum is with a nave and two aisles Byzantium basilica from 4-6 century before Christ. Up on her basement there were built second one-big with a nave and two aisles church. At some later period, 13-14 century the same church has been destroyed and is replaced as single-hull, as the thoroughfares to the lateral parts are just build in. These three churches, accommodateа one at each other have been used for the period between 4th- 14th century.
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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The name of the present-day Ladja neighborhood of Ivailovgrad can be found in eparchial lists from the 9th to the middle of the 10th Century. This is the earliest written source about this outlying district, whose name at that time was Litica, which meant a headquarters for a bishop.
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The church was built in 1820. It is metropolitan and represents three-shipped pseudo basilica with closed narthex and polygonal septahedral apsis. The construction is from crumbled stones.
The interior is divided by columns with complex “ajure” capitals imitating marble and subtly bending arches. “Ajure” has a French origin, meaning “at light”. Ajure is a technique used in the woodcarving, goldsmithing and other arts, in which there are openings among the decorative elements. In this way, the background is eliminated, the figures stand out much more brightly with the illusion of three-dimensionality, and the light passes freely and results in various effects.
The painting in the temple emphasizes the elements of architecture – the arch and the vault with decorative motifs and plaster ornamentation also contain vegetation motifs and wreaths. The icons from the tsar line of the iconostasis were donated by different craftsmen and citizens from the town and neighborhood. The artist Nikola Konstantinov, known as Nikola the Icon-painter (or Nikola the Edirne-man) painted them in 1873-1876. The other artist signed with the family name Zissiuh.
The temple was built in 1805. It represents a three-shipped pseudo basilica built of crumbled stones and processed quadres.
The artistic focus in the church is woodcarving. Here it has transformed into the highest form of the decorative art (in plastic) as synthesis of all beliefs, esthetic comprehensions and traditions. The iconostasis, the bishop’s throne, the pulpit and the iconostases for kissing are covered with “ajure” wood-carving. In this way, the background is eliminated, the figures stand out much more brightly with the illusion of three-dimensionality, the light passes freely and results in various effects.
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