Russian Church and Shipka memorial complex.

Hello, today we’ll watch a video what our good reader and friend Ludmila proposed to us to watch. That is a video of Shipka memorial complex and a very beautiful Russian Church on Shipka. The Church has so beautiful painting inside! Shipka is known like place of multiple battles were fought between Russia and the Ottoman Empire for control over the crucial Shipka Pass during the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78.

The Russian Church of Sofia , officially known as the Church of St Nicholas the Miracle-Maker, (Руската църква or църква „Свети Николай“ in Bulgarian), is a Russian Orthodox church in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The church was built on the site of the Saray Mosque, which was destroyed in 1882, after the liberation of Bulgaria by Russia from the Ottoman Empire. It was built as the official church of the Russian Embassy, which was located next door, and of the Russian community in Sofia, and was named, as was the tradition for diplomatic churches, for the patron saint of the Emperor who ruled Russia at the time, Nicholas II of Russia. The church was designed by the Russian architect Mikhail Preobrazhenski in the Russian Revival Style, with decoration inspired by the Muscovite Russian churches of the 17th century. The construction was supervised by the architect A. Smironov, who was building the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia nearby. The exterior decoration of multicolored tiles was done by G. Kislichev, and the interior murals were painted by a team of artists led by Vasily Perminov, who also painted the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. The five domes are coated with the gold. The bells were donated by Emperor Nicholas II (Read more…)
comments always welcome.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *