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contemporary murals were finished, that the church was opened once again for visitors. The church's ruins have been protected as a national antiquity since 1927; in 1967, they were proclaimed an architectural monument of culture of national importance. As part of the
Tsarevets architectural reserve, it is also listed among the
281:. In the note, the copyist, one Laloe, thanks God and the "Holy and Most Glorious Ascension" for having finished his work on the book. Scholar Bistra Nikolova believes this to be an allusion to the Patriarchal Cathedral, which may have patronised the project. Alternatively, the copy could have been made at the cathedral's
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There are a total of four burial grounds in and around the church, two of which are burials for priests. One of the burial grounds is inside the exonarthex, where overarched tombs were built in the 14th century. Besides
Michael the Warrior's relics, the cathedral also housed the remains of Bulgarian
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Standing on top of a late Roman church, the cathedral, reconstructed in the 1970s and 1980s, follows a cross-domed plan with a bell tower and a triple apse. Richly decorated on both the exterior and interior, its internal walls now feature modern frescoes, the presence of which has meant that it has
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The
Patriarchal Cathedral of the Holy Ascension of God is located on top of the Tsarevets hill, overlooking the modern city of Veliko Tarnovo. The church was part of a group of buildings which constituted the seat of the Bulgarian Patriarchate and acted as the city and the country's main cathedral.
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on 17 July 1393. The church was fully reconstructed in the 20th century; reconstruction works were carried out by a team under architect Boyan
Kuzupov. These commenced in 1978 and were finished in 1981, to mark Bulgaria's 1300th anniversary. However, it was not until November 1985, when the
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The current building of the
Patriarchal Cathedral is considered by scholars to have been built in two stages. The first stage of construction was carried out in the late 11th century or the 12th century. The cathedral was initially built as a
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style. Due to these murals, the church has never been reconsecrated and remains inactive. The facade of the cathedral also includes a stone with a donor's inscription of a
Bulgarian ruler, which ended up as part of the building material.
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and mosaics. However, none of the interior decoration has survived. During the church's 20th-century reconstruction, its interior was repainted by artist Teofan
Sokerov, who depicted important moments of medieval Bulgarian history in a
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The
Patriarchal Cathedral of the Holy Ascension of the Lord is not the first church building to occupy the position on the top of Tsarevets hill. It was constructed directly on top of a late
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The church featured ample exterior and interior decoration. While the facades were decorated with arches and ceramic tiles, the interior floor mosaics were made of white, yellow and pink
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There are several references to the cathedral in medieval sources. The earliest reference to the church tells of the transfer of Saint
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235:(r. 1331–71). Besides repair and reinforcement efforts, work on the church in the 14th century also included the construction of the
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472:[The Patriarchal Cathedral of the Holy Ascension of God] (in Bulgarian). Православие.
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service book written in the mid-14th century and then carried to Kronstadt (now
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place of worship, it has been open for visitors since 1985.
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fortress to the Patriarchal Cathedral on the order of Tsar
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Patriarchal Cathedral of the Holy Ascension of the Lord
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