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Sofia Theological Seminary

The Sofia Seminary of St John of Rila, located in , the capital of , is the main seminary of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and an ecclesiastical institution of high education.
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  • Type: University
  • Also known as: “Sofia Seminary”
  • Address: пл. Велчова завера 2, 1164

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint John of Rila Church and Vasil Levski National Stadium.

Church
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is situated 190 metres northeast of Sofia Theological Seminary.

Stadium
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, named after national hero and revolutionary Vasil Levski, is the country's second largest stadium. The stadium has 43,230 seats and is located in the centre of , on the territory of the city's oldest and most famous park - the Borisova gradina. is situated 1½ km north of Sofia Theological Seminary.

Stadium
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Stadion Balgarska Armia is a stadium of the football club CSKA Sofia. It is situated in the Borisova gradina in the centre of . Until 2024 the stadium had four sectors and a total of 22,995 seats, of which 2,100 are covered; the pitch length was 106 meters and the width was 66 meters. is situated 1 km north of Sofia Theological Seminary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yavorov and Yuzhen park.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Sofia Theological Seminary

Latitude
42.67469° or 42° 40′ 29″ north
Longitude
23.33599° or 23° 20′ 10″ east
Open location code
8GJ5M8FP+V9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 511660072
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­university
Wiki­data ID
Q1131826
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Sofia Theological Seminary” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Дворец на пионерите”
  • Bulgarian: “Ректори на Софийската духовна семинария ‘Св. Йоан Рилски’”
  • Bulgarian: “Софийска духовна семинария ‘Св. Йоан Рилски’”
  • Bulgarian: “Софийска духовна семинария ‘Свети Йоан Рилски’”
  • Bulgarian: “Софийска духовна семинария „Св. Йоан Рилски“”
  • Bulgarian: “Софийска духовна семинария”
  • Bulgarian: “Софийска семинария”
  • Bulgarian: “Софийската духовна семинария”
  • Bulgarian: “Списък с ректорите на Софийската духовна семинария ‘Св. Йоан Рилски’”
  • Catalan: “Seminari de Sofia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدرسة صوفيا”
  • German: “Bulgarisch-Orthodoxes Priesterseminar”
  • German: “Geistliche Akademie Sofia”
  • Hebrew: “סמינר התאולוגי בסופיה”
  • Russian: “Софийская духовная семинария”
  • Ukrainian: “Софійська духовна семінарія”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sofia Theological Seminary”. Photo: Gogo hr, CC BY 3.0.