St. Trinity Church in Bansko ( bg, Църква Св. Троица) is an
Eastern Orthodox church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 220 million baptized members. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by its bishops vi ...
building in
Bansko
Bansko ( bg, Банско ) is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, located at the foot of the Pirin Mountains at an elevation of 1200m above sea level. It is a ski resort.
Legends
There are several legends about who founded Bansko. According to on ...
. It is one of the finest examples of the middle and late
Bulgarian National Revival
The Bulgarian National Revival ( bg, Българско национално възраждане, ''Balgarsko natsionalno vazrazhdane'' or simply: Възраждане, ''Vazrazhdane'', and tr, Bulgar ulus canlanması) sometimes called the Bu ...
church architecture.
The church does not impress with its size, but it is a national symbol of the
Bulgarian Revival in its period immediately after the
Bulgarian National Awakening. For several reasons.
The first from awake Bansko was a native of
Paisii Hilendarski, author of
Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya
''Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya'' ( Original Cyrillic: Истори́ѧ славѣноболгарскаѧ corrected from Їстори́ѧ славѣноболгарскаѧ; ) is a book by Bulgarian scholar and clergyman Saint Paisius of Hilen ...
. Second from Bansko is
Neofit Rilski
Neofit Rilski ( bg, Неофит Рилски) or Neophyte of Rila ( Bansko, 1793 – January 4, 1881), born Nikola Poppetrov Benin ( bg, Никола Поппетров Бенин) was a 19th-century Bulgarian monk, teacher and artist, and an im ...
. And third, as awake and wealthy residents of Bansko want to be in charge during the Bulgarian Revival, so the construction of this church coincides with the preparation of the
Bulgarian Conspiracy of 1835.
On 5 October, 1912, in the yard of the gathered inhabitants of Bansko, the voivode
Peyo Yavorov
Peyo Yavorov ( bg, Пейо (Кр.) Яворов; born Peyo Totev Kracholov, Пейо Тотев Крачолов; 13 January 1878 – 29 October 1914) was a Bulgarian Symbolist poet. He was considered to be one of the finest poetic talents in t ...
uttered the sacred words in expression of the freedom of the Bulgarians — Brothers, throw away the fezzes! From today you are already free Bulgarians! Bansko is already a Bulgarian city, not one of the rotten
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
during the
Balkan War
The Balkan Wars refers to a series of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan States in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan States of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war upon the Ottoman Empire and defea ...
. In addition, the most hated symbol of tyranny and despotism for Bulgarians is
fez, symbolizing the
Auspicious Incident
The Auspicious Incident (or EventGoodwin, pp. 296–299.) (Ottoman Turkish: ''Vaka-i Hayriye'', "Fortunate Event" in Constantinople; ''Vaka-i Şerriyye'', "Unfortunate Incident" in the Balkans) was the forced disbandment of the centuries-old Jan ...
.
Gallery
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See also
*
Phrygian cap
*
Samara flag
*
The way to Sofia
*
Liberation of Bulgaria
The Liberation of Bulgaria is the historical process as a result of the Bulgarian Revival. In Bulgarian historiography, the liberation of Bulgaria refers to those events of the Tenth Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) that led to the re-establishme ...
References
St. Trinity Church in Bansko
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Bulgarian Orthodox churches in Bulgaria
Buildings and structures in Blagoevgrad Province
Bansko
19th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings