Church of Saint Paraskevi, Nesebar

The Church of Saint Paraskevi (Bulgarian: църква „Света Параскева“, tsarkva „Sveta Paraskeva“, Byzantine Greek: Ναός Αγίας Παρασκευής) is a partially preserved medieval Eastern Orthodox church in Nesebar (medieval Mesembria), a town on the Black Sea coast of Burgas Province in eastern Bulgaria.

The Church of Saint Paraskevi features a single nave and a pentagonal apse as well as rich exterior decoration.

[1] Rough Guides author Jonathan Bousfield attributes its construction to the reign of Tsar Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria (r.

The church was built out of bricks and smoothed stones and based on a pseudo-opus mixtum technique which also employed wooden beams.

[9] The church does not include a separate sanctuary in front of the altar, though semicircular niches to the sides of the apse serve as its prothesis and diaconicon.

The lunettes were built out of stones and bricks in various shapes,[1] including ornamental fish bones, suns, chequered and zigzag patterns.