The Assumption of Holy Mary church – Byala

The Assumption of Holy Mary is one of the churches in the town of Byala (southern part of the Varna district). The temple is dated back to 1876. The legend says that on the Christian Celebrations for the Virgin Mary’s Day, when the church was to be sanctified, the Ottomans sent army by sea. It should destroy the temple and avoid it being sanctified. All of a sudden a snowstorm burst out, and the people considered it as a sign so that the Ottomans did not dare to land. They left back and this encouraged the Christians to continue the celebrations. Each year after this people made boiled mutton for health on the patron saint’s day. Presently the church was opened until the 80s of the 20th century, and then it was abandoned and started ruin. In the beginning of the 21th century a foundation was established to restore the church. In 2003 it managed to collect funds and to initiate the construction of the new temple. The idea is to destroy the church and to build it again using the stones and bricks of the old one.

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