Nedelya Church is the Orthodox Cathedral in Sofia, named in honor of the Holy great Martyr of the Week.

The early history of the Church is preserved a bit of information. Presumably, the first Church on this site was erected in the X century wooden building stood on a stone Foundation. Until the mid-nineteenth century, the Church, unlike other churches in the town, remained wooden. At the end of the 19th century there was a large fire and the old building, damaged in the fire, it was demolished to build a new one. Then was built the current Cathedral.

Since the XVIII century the Church was declared a Cathedral. Changes were made to its name: because of the fact that here were brought the remains of the king of Serbia Stefan II, it was called the Church of the Holy King. Renamed the temple was only in the late nineteenth century.

The temple of the Holy Week – the large structure, initially reaching a length of 35, 5 meters and 19 in width. Its construction lasted for six years (partly because of what happened in 1858 devastating earthquake) – between 1856 and 1963. The bell tower was built later in 1879. It was installed 8 bells, donated by the new temple Prince Dondukov-Korsakov.

Its modern look, the Church acquired after extensive renovations made in the 20-30 years of the last century - here in 1925, a bomb exploded and killed more than 200 people. Under the guidance of architects Tsolova and Vasiliev was erected a new Church building in neo-Byzantine style. The current dimensions of the building are 30õ15, 5 meters, the height of the main dome reaches 31 meters.

The internal space of the Church is decorated with frescoes painted in the period from 1971 to 1973 by a group of artists under the guidance of Nikolay Rostovtsev. One of the main values of the temple is gilded iconostasis of the outstanding master of Stanislav Dospevski.