{"id":3948,"date":"2012-10-16T09:12:24","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T06:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.plovdiv.bg\/?page_id=3948"},"modified":"2024-09-10T13:25:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T10:25:34","slug":"churches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/motorhome.youngceaser.com\/en\/tourists\/sight-seeing\/churches\/","title":{"rendered":"Churches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orthodox churches<\/strong><\/p>\n

“St. Marina” church<\/strong><\/p>\n

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7, d-r Valkovich str.
\nTel.: +359 32 623 276
\n<\/span>Open for visits from 7.00 am to 8.00 pm every day<\/span><\/p>\n

“St. Marina” is the main temple of Plovdiv diocese and its church government – Plovdiv Bishopric. It is one of the oldest churches in the city. It was restored as a metropolitan church in 1853 on the ruins of a medieval church from the sixteenth century. Here is one of the most valuable carved icons, made from walnut wood with length of 21 m. Over the entrance on the north is situated wooden bell tower, built in 1870 with a peculiar traditions of Bulgarian architecture.<\/p>\n

Church “Holy Sunday”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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40, “P.R.Slaveikov”, Old Town
\nTel.: 032\/623 270
\n<\/span>Open for visits from 8.00 am to 6.00 pm every day<\/span><\/p>\n

Church “Holy Sunday” is one of the oldest temples . It is built in 1832 on the site of an old temple. Impressive is the 30 meters high massive four levels bell tower, built in 1905<\/p>\n

Church “St. Constantine and Helen “<\/strong><\/p>\n

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24, Saborna str., Old Town
\nTel.: +359 32 624 573
\n<\/span>Open for visits:
\n<\/span>Winter working time: from 8.00 am to 5.30 pm every day
\n<\/span>Summer working time: from 8.00 am to 8.00 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

The Church exists in its current form since 1832. The icons are work of the Renaissance artist Zachary Zograph. In the church worked also the painters Nicolas Odrinchanin and Stanislav Dospevski. There are other buildings in the yard of the church – former school, male convent and bell tower with a height of 13 meters.<\/p>\n

Cathedral “The Assumption of the Virgin Mary”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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6, Saborna str., Old Town
\nTel.: +359 32 623 265
\n<\/span>Open for visits from 7.00 am to 7.00 pm every day<\/span><\/p>\n

Temples of other religions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Armenian Apostolic Church “Surp Kevork”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2, “Tourist” str., Old Town
\nTel.: +359 32 632 804
\n<\/span>Open for visits from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm every day<\/span><\/p>\n

Catholic Cathedral “St. Louis”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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3, Maria Luiza Blv.
\nTel.: +359 32 650 291
\n<\/span>Open for visits from 8.00 am to 12.00 am and from 4.00 pm to 6.30 pm every day<\/span><\/p>\n

Evangelical Congregational Church<\/strong><\/p>\n

21, Lady Stangford str.
\nTel.: 032\/625 995<\/span><\/p>\n

Jewish synagogue “Zion”<\/strong><\/p>\n

13a, Tzar Kaloian str.
\nContacts: Jewish organization “Shalom” – Plovdiv, tel 032\/632622
\n<\/span>The temple is not open to the public, the services are held every Friday between 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Djumaya mosque<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jelezarska Str. \u2116 2
\nTel.: +359 32 629 097; +359 32 621 137
\n<\/span>Open for visits from 6.00 am to 11 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Djumaya mosque is the second largest in the territory of modern Bulgaria with an area of about 1,500 square meters<\/p>\n

Imaret mosque<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2, Visla str.
\nTel. +359 32 621137
\n<\/span>Open for visits from 9.00 am to 11.00 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Orthodox churches “St. Marina” church 7, d-r Valkovich str. Tel.: +359 32 623 276 Open for visits from 7.00 am to 8.00 pm every day “St. Marina” is the main temple of Plovdiv diocese and its church government – Plovdiv Bishopric. It is one of the oldest churches in the city. It was restored as <\/p>\n

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