Паметник на антиосманската съпротива през Възраждането
A Monument of the Anti-Ottoman Resistance during the National Revival

Summary/Abstract: An altar column from the original temple in the village of Samundzijevo (Botevgrad today) has been preserved in the altar of the “Christ’s Ascension” Church in Botevgrad. A commemorative inscription is carved on it, testifying that the Temple was built in memory of the New Georgi of Sofia in 1865. For the time being this is the only testimony in the Balkans of the existence of a church bearing the name of a newly proclaimed martyr, tortured and murdered by the Ottoman rulers. In this paper the inscription is examined in the context of the local and national history. Some questions about the nationality and the liturgical worship of the New Georgi of Sofia are also cleared up. It is recommended that the old name of the church in Botevgrad be restored, and the monument kept in a museum environment.

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