Church of Saint Vissarion of Smolyan

The church's main premise has an area of 382 m² (enough to accommodate 500 laymen), the dome being 17 m in diameter and the belfry reaching 32 m. The church's construction began with the laying of the foundation stone on 7 April 2002.

The smallest bell weighs 60 kg, the total weight of all being 5 tons and the price of €92,000.

The cladding of the domes and the rest of the roofing is made entirely of copper by a Bulgarian company - Kiprida.

Part of the church complex are also a baptistery (dedicated to Saint Theodore), a synodical library, a museum collection premise and a Sunday school.

Among the 5,000 guests who attended the church's inauguration were Prime Minister of Bulgaria Sergey Stanishev, Minister of Culture Stefan Danailov, politicians Anastasiya Mozer, Emel Etem, Petar Beron and Pavel Chernev.