St. Nicholas Church (Elena)

 church, listed building / architectural heritage, 1800s construction, Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Near the Daskalolinitsa is “Saint Nikola” Church, the oldest in the town of Elena. From a correspondence on an old psalm-book, given to the church from a man called Pera in 1518, it is understood that in the beginning of XVI century the church has already existed. Legends say that there were a lot of parchment manuscripts. There was a priest appointed to keep the manuscripts and give them to the population to be read. On 23rd of April 1800, on Saint George’s day, the town of Elena was attacked by kardzhalii and the “Saint Nikola” church was burnt down. A considerable part of the old books were burnt. The church was rebuilt in 1804 by the population of the town with the money of the rich citizens. It was rebuilt for forty days without the permission of the Turkish authorities.

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