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St Nicholas the Miracle-Maker

The Russian Church, officially known as the Church of St Nicholas the Miracle-Maker, is a Russian Orthodox church in central , situated on Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Russian Orthodox
  • Description: church in Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Russian Church, Sofia” and “Руска църква”
  • Address: бул. Цар Освободител 3, София, 1000
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and Ivan Vazov National Theatre.

Church
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St. is a Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral in , the capital of . Built in Neo-Byzantine style, it serves as the cathedral church of the Patriarch of Bulgaria and it is one of the 100 largest Christian church buildings by volume in the world. is situated 310 metres east of St Nicholas the Miracle-Maker.

Theater building
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The is 's national theatre, as well as the oldest and most authoritative theatre in the country and one of the important landmarks of , the capital of Bulgaria. is situated 260 metres southwest of St Nicholas the Miracle-Maker.

Museum
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The is 's national gallery, and houses over 50,000 pieces of Bulgarian art. is situated 200 metres northwest of St Nicholas the Miracle-Maker.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Largo and Sofia.

Locality
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The is an architectural ensemble of three Socialist Classicism buildings around Independence Square in central , the capital of . It was designed and built in the 1950s with the intention of becoming the city's new representative centre.

Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital of . It is also the biggest city in the country with about 2 million citizens. Today, is a dynamic European capital, distinguished by its unique combination of European and communist-style architecture as well as many beautiful Orthodox churches.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

St Nicholas the Miracle-Maker

Latitude
42.6957° or 42° 41′ 45″ north
Longitude
23.32894° or 23° 19′ 44″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 162791009
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­russian_orthodox
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q873892
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Spanish—“St Nicholas the Miracle-Maker” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Նիկոլայի եկեղեցի”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Նիկողայոս եկեղեցի”
  • Bulgarian: “Руска църква „Николай Чудотворец“”
  • Bulgarian: “Руска църква в София”
  • Bulgarian: “Руска църква, Ruska tsarkva”
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Николай Чудотворец (София)”
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Николай Чудотворец”
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Николай”
  • Chinese: “俄羅斯教堂”
  • Czech: “Chrám svatého Mikuláše Divotvorce”
  • Czech: “Chrám svatého Mikuláše Divotvůrce”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الكنيسه الروسيه”
  • French: “église russe de Sofia”
  • French: “Église russe de Sofia”
  • French: “Église Saint-Nicolas le Faiseur de Miracles”
  • German: “Russische Kirche Sv. Nikolai”
  • German: “Russische Kirche Sweti Nikolaj”
  • Greek: “Εκκλησία του Αγίου Νικολάου του Θαυματουργού”
  • Greek: “Ρωσική Εκκλησία του Αγίου Νικολάου (Σόφια)”
  • Greek: “Ρωσική Εκκλησία του Αγίου Νικολάου”
  • Hungarian: “Csodatévő Szent Miklós-templom”
  • Japanese: “ソフィアのロシア教会”
  • Japanese: “奇蹟者聖ニコライ聖堂”
  • Korean: “성 니콜라이 러시아 교회”
  • Macedonian: “Руска црква”
  • Macedonian: “Црква Свети Никола (Софија)”
  • Russian: “Русская посольская церковь (София)”
  • Russian: “Русская церковь (София)”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святителя Николая Чудотворца”
  • Serbian: “Црква Светог Николаја Чудотворца (Софија)”
  • Serbian: “Црква Светог Николаја Чудотворца”
  • Slovak: “Chrám svätého Mikuláša Divotvorcu (Sofia)”
  • Slovak: “Chrám svätého Mikuláša Divotvorcu”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia Rusa (Sofia)”
  • Spanish: “iglesia Rusa (Sofía)”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia Rusa”
  • Spanish: “San Nicolás”

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Highlights include Валер Арт and Swimming Pool.

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