Church of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Burgas

[5] "St. Cyril and Methodius" differs from the churches built during the so-called Bulgarian Revival and in the first years after the Liberation from Turkish slavery.

Visiting the villages in the region of Malko Tarnovo and Lozengrad, he worked together with Father Petko Georgiev Popov, a zealous supporter of the Bulgarian identity, to establish church independence.

Father Petko G. Popov founded 2 churches in 1879 (which are still active today), and together with teacher Kiro Petrov Mostrov created the first school, laying the foundations of a beautiful and attractive town on the Southern Black Sea coast - Primorsko.

For the celebration of the so-called all-Slavic holiday in 1868, Father Georgi decided not to seek the assistance of the Greek priests.

[7] Father Georgi stood at the head of the new church-school board, organized by him, and already at the first meeting of the board, a decision was made to find funds through subscriptions and donations to open a Bulgarian school and church, and for this purpose he gave up his own house in Burgas, at the place where today stands the church "St. St. Cyril and Methodius".

[8] In the same year, 1869, the Bulgarian school was reopened, and Boyan (Stiliyan) Keremidchiev from Yambol was appointed as a teacher, and Father Dimitar from Karnobat was invited as a priest.

Since the construction is of stone masonry without structural elements, in order to ensure good stability of the church, holes were dug under its foundation, in which pressure-cast concrete piles (about 150 pieces with a length of 8 to 12 m and a diameter of 1, 5m).

The separation and processing of the surface plaster was carried out using a special technology in order to avoid possible damage to the frescoes during the repair work inside the church building.

[11] The Church of "Saints Cyril and Methodius" reopens its doors after the large-scale renovation for the holiday of Burgas - Nicholas Day in 2016.

Baptismal certificate of Vladimir Vassilev, issued by priest Teodor Stoyanov