Seven Saints Church, Sofia

Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church
Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church
Seven Saints Church, Sofia
църква „Свети Седмочисленици“
	The Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church
	Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church Location of the church in Sofia
	42°41′23″N 23°19′40″E / 42.68972°N 23.32778°E
Address	25, Graf Ignatiev str, Sofia
Country	Bulgaria
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Previous denomination	Islam
Tradition	Bulgarian Orthodox
Website	svsedmochislenitsi.com; (in Bulgarian)
History
Former names	Black Mosque; (Черна джамия);; (Kara Camii);
Status	Church (since 1903–); Mosque (1547–1878);
Founded	1547 (as a mosque)
Founder	Suleiman the Magnificent
Dedication	Sedmochislenitsi
Consecrated	27 July 1903
Associated people	Tsar Ferdinand; Ivan Evstratiev Geshov; Petko Karavelov (benefactors);
Architecture
Architects	Mimar Sinan (1547); Alexander Pomerantsev, Yordan Milanov, Petko Momchilov (1902);
Architectural type	Mosque; Church;
Style	Ottoman; Neo-romanticism; Neo-Byzantine;
Specifications
Length	25 m (82 ft)
Number of towers	1 (minaret; damaged in the 19th century; since removed)
Materials	Granite
Administration
Province	Patriarchate of Bulgaria
Diocese	Eparchy of Sofia; (Софийска епархия)
Clergy
Priest	Fr. Nicholas Kotsev

The Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (Bulgarian: църква „Свети Седмочисленици“, lit. 'Seven Apostles of Bulgarian Orthodox Church') and formerly the Black Mosque (Turkish: Kara Camii) is a Bulgarian Orthodox church, located in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It was established in 1547 as an Ottoman mosque, later converted into an Orthodox church, and was inaugurated on 27 July 1903. The church is dedicated in honour of Cyril and Methodius and their five disciples, known collectively in Eastern Orthodoxy as the Sedmochislenitsi.