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A new temple near Sandanski bears the names of Saints Anthony and Athanasius the Great

published on 1/17/25 7:00 AM

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The only chapel in the country to bear the names of Saints Anthony and Athanasius is in Sandanski, and its consecration will be performed by His Eminence Metropolitan Seraphim of Nevrokop, reports Andon Kotev - one of the initiators of the idea to build the temple.

Kotev told BTA that there used to be an old temple on the site of the chapel, which also bore the names of the two saints. In October 2000, the place where the new chapel would be built was marked with a plaque and a cross. The construction was financed by the family of Andon Kotev, with the support of Violeta Atanasova and Father Georgi Saradinov. The idea of building the chapel of St Anthony and St Athanasius the Great drew other donors.

Today the temple is completely finished and attracts more and more Christians. It is frescoed in the Bulgarian style and the names of the saints on the icons are also written in Bulgarian.

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