On July 2, 2006 in the center of the town of Smolyan was consecrated St. The church was opened on the first day of the town of Smolyan. It is the second in size and grandeur after the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia. It bears the name of Vissarion of Smolensk, a local bishop and martyr of the 17th century.
The main room of the building occupies an area of 382m², the central dome has a diameter of 17m and the height of the bell tower is 32m. The church has 11 unique bells with images of saints depicted on them. The largest of them has a mass of 2 tons. It was financed with private donations worth about 3.5 million leva. The main donors are Todor and Zdravka Batkov.
The architectural project was the work of local architects Anton Todorov and Nikolay Bechev, and the constructor was Angel Bedrov. The main iconostasis was made by Kancho Tsanev and the icons were painted by a group of icon painters under the direction of Elena Decheva and Dechko Dechev.
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