Church St.St.Cyril and Methodius

The church St.St.Cyril and Methodius is located in the real center of Sofia and is devoted to the Cyril and Methodius brothers (creators of Slavic alphabet) and their five disciples Kliment, Naum, Sava, Gorazd, and Angelariy. 

The church was built over the ruins the former Black Mosque in the beginning of XX-th century. The Black Mosque was a part of the second mosque complex and was the biggest work of the prominent Ottoman architect Mimar Kodja Sinan in the Rumelia district.

After the Liberation (1878) the mosque was used as military warehouse, later as prison. In 1901-1903 the mosque was reconstructed in Orthodox temple with the donations of Sofia citizens.

The church architecture involves elements of the church building from the Second Bulgarian Kingdom. The clock at the west façade is quite impressive, it was worked out in the 30s of XX-th century. It is a rare element, not typical for the Bulgarian church architecture.