Boyana Church of St. Nicholas
Boyana Church of St. Nicholas and St. Panteleimon is placed at the foot of Vitosha Mountain, in Boyana housing estate in Sofia. it's one among the few medieval monuments of Christian art that have survived till this day.
The church is one of the one hundred traveler Sites of Bulgaria and was included within the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1979.
It was constructed into 3 stages: initial stage – eleventh century, second stage – mid-13th century, and third stage -in -19th century.
The eastern segment of the church is a tiny single-elapsed, cross-in-square building with constitutional supports that form a cross. the primary layer of wall-paintings that covered the whole eastern part of the temple dates as far back as the twelfth century. The second two-storey part of the church that belongs to the two-floor tomb-church kind was built in the thirteenth century due to a donation created by Sebastocrator Kaloyan and his mate Desislava, who dominated the Sofia (Credits) Region throughout that period. consistent with the ktitor inscription the church was redecorated in 1259. Zograf and Dimiter, whose names were revealed throughout restoration works, put a distinct layer of wall-paintings over the first one within the recent {part of|a part of} the church and conjointly embellished the 2 levels of the new part of the church.
Boyana Church owes its world fame chiefly to the wall-paintings of 1259 that demonstrate the exceptional achievements of the Bulgarian medieval culture. each of quite 240 figures depicted within the church has distinctive individuality and high inventive worth. The portraits of ktitors Sebastocrator Kaloyan and his woman Desislava, and Constantine Tikh Asen (who dominated the period 1257 - 1277) and tzarina Irene are some of the oldest photos of historical figures that are preserved to the present day. eighteen scenes within the narthex as well as parts from the everyday lives of the painters’ contemporaries depict the life of St.
Nicholas – one amongst the temple’s patron saints. The oldest living portrait of St. Ivan of the Rila, the Bulgarian national saint who lived within the tenth century and who established Rila cloister, is found among the images of other saints within the church. The painting of St. Ephrem the Syrian, whose all-seeing eyes follow the guests everywhere, also can be seen among the images of monks and hermits.
Cards, books, CDs, DVDs, souvenirs and data materials regarding Boyana Church and other traveler attractions ar sold-out at the souvenir shop of the church. Taking images within the church is prohibited.
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