• 42°41′52.2″N 23°19′19.7″E / 42.697833°N 23.322139°E. The Church of St Petka of the Saddlers (Bulgarian: Църква „Света Петка Самарджийска“...
  • During the Ottoman rule the church "Sv. Petka of the Saddlers' has been maintained by the guild of Samardzija in Sofia, hence the name.
  • The Church of Saint Petka acquired its present name due to the saint being a patron of the saddlers in the Middle Ages, who performed their rituals in the church.
  • The Church of St Petka of the Saddlers is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church located in Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital.
  • The church of St. Petka of the Saddlers was built under the Ottoman occupation with donations from the region’s master saddlers.
  • The Church of Saint Petka acquired its present name due to it being a patron of the saddlers in the Middle Ages, who performed their rituals in the church.
  • The Church of Saint Petka acquired its present name due to it being a patron of the saddlers in the Middle Ages, who performed their rituals in the church.
  • ...to the Socialist-style Central Department Store (TZUM) and the ruins of ancient Sofia is a small medieval Christian Orthodox church called St Petka of the Saddlers.
  • The Church acquired its name due to the fact that Saint Petka (Paraskeva) became a patron of the saddlers, who would worship in the church.
  • The Church was named after Saint Petka as the saint was a patron of the saddlers who used to perform their rites in the church in the Middle Ages.
  • Description of Saint Petka (Sveta Petka) of the saddlers. Church of Saint Petka in the centre of Bulgarian capital of Sofia was constructed in the late 14th...
  • Church of St Petka of the Saddlers. The church is located in the center of Sofia. The crypt of the church is a Roman tomb from the IV century...