Boyana Church
The Boyana Church is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church situated on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, in the Boyana quarter. In 1979, the building was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
- Type: Church
- Description: church in Sofia, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Boiana”, “Bojanský kostol”, “Boyana Tsarkva”, “Boyana-kirken”, “Boyanakerk”, “Boyanakyrkan”, “Cerkiew bojańska”, “Chiesa di Boyana”, “Church of St. Nicholas and St. Panteleimon in Boyana district”, “Eglise de Boyana”, “Μπογιάνα”, “Боянска черква”, “Боянската църква”, and “Църква „Св. Никола и св. Пантелеймон“ в кв. Бояна”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National History Museum and Boyana Lake.
National History Museum
Museum
The National Historical Museum in Sofia is Bulgaria's largest museum. It was founded on 5 May 1973. A new representative exhibition was opened in the building of the Court of Justice on 2 March 1984, to commemorate the 13th centenary of the Bulgarian state. National History Museum is situated 1¼ km north of Boyana Church.
Boyana Lake
Lake
Boyana Lake is an artificial lake in Vitosha mountain near the capital of Bulgaria - Sofia. It is located 1.5 km Southeast from Sofia's Boyana neighborhood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manastriski livadi and Borovo.
Dragalevtsi
Suburb
Photo: Preslav, Public domain.Boyana Church
- Categories: Eastern Orthodox church building, museum, and religion
- Location: Municipality of the Capital, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.64476° or 42° 38′ 41″ north
Longitude
23.26619° or 23° 15′ 58″ east
Elevation
776 metres (2,546 feet)
Open location code
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Boyana Church” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة بويانا”
- Armenian: “Բոյանայի եկեղեցի”
- Azerbaijani: “Boyana kilsəsi”
- Azerbaijani: “Boyana Kilsəsi”
- Bashkir: “Боян сиркәүе”
- Belarusian: “Баянская царква”
- Bulgarian: “Бояна Църква”
- Bulgarian: “Боянска църква”
- Burmese: “ဘိုယာနာ ဘုရားရှိခိုးကျောင်း”
- Catalan: “església de Boiana”
- Catalan: “Església de Boiana”
- Chinese: “博雅纳教堂”
- Croatian: “Bojanska crkva”
- Czech: “Bojanský kostel”
- Danish: “Bojana-kirken”
- Dutch: “Kerk van Bojana”
- Dutch: “kerk van Boyana”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه بويانا”
- Esperanto: “Bojana preĝejo”
- Finnish: “Bojanan kirkko”
- French: “église de Boyana”
- French: “Église de Boyana”
- Georgian: “ბოიანის ეკლესია”
- German: “Kirche von Bojana”
- Greek: “Εκκλησία της Μπογιάνα”
- Hebrew: “כנסיית בויאנה”
- Hindi: “बोयाना चर्च”
- Hungarian: “Bojana-templom”
- Indonesian: “Gereja Boyana”
- Italian: “chiesa di Bojana”
- Italian: “Chiesa di Bojana”
- Japanese: “ボヤナ教会”
- Korean: “보야나 교회”
- Latvian: “Bojanas baznīca”
- Lithuanian: “Bojanos cerkvė”
- Macedonian: “Бојанска црква”
- Malayalam: “ബൊയാന ചർച്ച്”
- Maltese: “Knisja ta‘ Boyana”
- Maltese: “Knisja ta’ Boyana”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bojanakirken”
- Norwegian: “Bojanakirken”
- Persian: “کلیسای بویانا”
- Polish: “cerkiew Bojańska”
- Polish: “Cerkiew Bojańska”
- Portuguese: “Igreja de Boiana”
- Portuguese: “Igreja de Boyana”
- Romanian: “Biserica Boiana”
- Russian: “Боянская церковь”
- Serbian: “Crkva Bojana”
- Serbian: “Црква Бојана”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bojanska crkva”
- Slovak: “Bojanský chrám”
- Slovenian: “Bojanska cerkev”
- Spanish: “iglesia de Boyana”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Boyana”
- Swedish: “Bojanakyrkan”
- Turkish: “Boyana Kilisesi”
- Ukrainian: “Боянська церква”
- Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Boyana”
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