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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #9BB4EB">Sofia Synagogue</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="nickname"><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_language" title="Bulgarian language">Bulgarian</a>: <span lang="bg">Софийска синагога</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Sofia_Synagogue_11c.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Sofia_Synagogue_11c.jpg/310px-Sofia_Synagogue_11c.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Sofia_Synagogue_11c.jpg/465px-Sofia_Synagogue_11c.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Sofia_Synagogue_11c.jpg/620px-Sofia_Synagogue_11c.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2363" data-file-height="1784" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The synagogue in 2010</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #9BB4EB">Religion</th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_religions_and_spiritual_traditions" title="List of religions and spiritual traditions">Affiliation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox Judaism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Nusach_(Jewish_custom)" title="Nusach (Jewish custom)">Rite</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Romaniotes" class="mw-redirect" title="Romaniotes">Romaniote</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Nusach_Sefard" title="Nusach Sefard">Nusach Sefard</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_polity" title="Ecclesiastical polity">Ecclesiastical or organisational status</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Synagogue" title="Synagogue">Synagogue</a></li><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jewish_museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish museum">Jewish museum</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 1992)</span></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Leadership</th><td class="infobox-data">Rabbi Bechor Kachlon</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Active</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #9BB4EB">Location</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sofia" title="Sofia">Sofia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Relief_Map_of_Bulgaria.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sofia Synagogue is located in Bulgaria"><img alt="Sofia Synagogue is located in Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Relief_Map_of_Bulgaria.jpg/250px-Relief_Map_of_Bulgaria.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Relief_Map_of_Bulgaria.jpg/375px-Relief_Map_of_Bulgaria.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Relief_Map_of_Bulgaria.jpg/500px-Relief_Map_of_Bulgaria.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1642" data-file-height="1036" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:51.515%;left:17.958%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Sofia Synagogue"><img alt="Sofia Synagogue" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Locaiotn of the synagogue in <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Geographic coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sofia_Synagogue&params=42_42_0_N_23_19_16_E_region:BG_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°42′0″N</span> <span class="longitude">23°19′16″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.70000°N 23.32111°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.70000; 23.32111</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #9BB4EB">Architecture</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Architect" title="Architect">Architect(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Gr%C3%BCnanger" title="Friedrich Grünanger">Friedrich Grünanger</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Synagogue_architecture" title="Synagogue architecture">Synagogue architecture</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Architectural_style" title="Architectural style">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moorish_Revival_architecture" title="Moorish Revival architecture">Moorish Revival</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Revival_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine Revival architecture">Byzantine Revival</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Vienna_Secession" title="Vienna Secession">Vienna Secession</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Venice" title="Venice">Venetian</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completed</th><td class="infobox-data note">1909</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #9BB4EB">Specifications</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Direction of façade</th><td class="infobox-data">East</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capacity</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">1,170 worshippers</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Interior area</th><td class="infobox-data">659 square metres (7,090 sq ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height (max)</th><td class="infobox-data">31 metres (102 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dome" title="Dome">Dome</a>(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Three <span style="font-size:85%;">(maybe more)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dome height (inner)</th><td class="infobox-data">23 metres (75 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dome dia. (inner)</th><td class="infobox-data">19 metres (62 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Site area</th><td class="infobox-data">1,000 square metres (11,000 sq ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Building_material" title="Building material">Materials</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carrara_marble" title="Carrara marble">Carrara marble</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #9BB4EB">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sofiasynagogue.com">sofiasynagogue<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Sofia Synagogue</b> (<a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_language" title="Bulgarian language">Bulgarian</a>: <span lang="bg">Софийска синагога</span>, <i>Sofiyska sinagoga</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Romaniotes" class="mw-redirect" title="Romaniotes">Romaniote</a> <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox</a> <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a> congregation and <a href="/wiki/Synagogue" title="Synagogue">synagogue</a>, located in <a href="/wiki/Sofia" title="Sofia">Sofia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>. Completed in 1909, the synagogue is the largest synagogue in <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Southeastern Europe">Southeastern Europe</a>, the third-largest in <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and one of two active synagogues remaining in Bulgaria. </p><p>Despite the building's size, the <a href="/wiki/Jewish_services" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish services">services</a> are normally only attended by some 50 to 60 worshippers due to the <i><a href="/wiki/Aliyah" title="Aliyah">aliyah</a></i> of most of <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Bulgaria" title="History of the Jews in Bulgaria">Bulgaria's Jews</a> to <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Secularity" title="Secularity">secularity</a> of the local Jewish population.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sofia_Synagogue&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Constructed for the needs of Sofia's mainly <a href="/wiki/Sephardic" class="mw-redirect" title="Sephardic">Sephardic</a> Jewish community after a project by the <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austrian</a> architect <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Gr%C3%BCnanger" title="Friedrich Grünanger">Friedrich Grünanger</a>, the synagogue building resembles the old <a href="/wiki/Moorish_architecture" title="Moorish architecture">Moorish</a> <a href="/wiki/Leopoldst%C3%A4dter_Tempel" title="Leopoldstädter Tempel">Leopoldstädter Tempel</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a>. The synagogue was officially opened on 9 September 1909 in the presence of <a href="/wiki/King" title="King">King</a> <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_I_of_Bulgaria" title="Ferdinand I of Bulgaria">Ferdinand I of Bulgaria</a>. The first preparations for the synagogue's construction date from 1903, while the construction began on 13 November 1905. The construction of a grand new synagogue was part of the reorganization efforts of the Bulgarian Jewish community under <a href="/wiki/Lviv" title="Lviv">Lemberg</a>-born <a href="/wiki/Chief_Rabbi" title="Chief Rabbi">Chief Rabbi</a> <a href="/wiki/Mordecai_Ehrenpreis" title="Mordecai Ehrenpreis">Marcus Ehrenpreis</a> and local leaders Ezra Tadjer and Avram Davidjon Levy. Prior to the construction of the new synagogue, the lot in central Sofia had been occupied by an older synagogue. </p><p>One of the architectural monuments of Sofia, the synagogue, located in the very centre of the city near the <a href="/wiki/Central_Sofia_Market_Hall" title="Central Sofia Market Hall">Central Market Hall</a>, can accommodate approximately 1,300 worshippers. The Sofia Synagogue's main <a href="/wiki/Chandelier" title="Chandelier">chandelier</a> weighs 1.7 tonnes (1.9 short tons) and is the largest in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-JHE_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JHE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The synagogue's architecture is predominately <a href="/wiki/Moorish_Revival_architecture" title="Moorish Revival architecture">Moorish Revival</a> and <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Revival_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine Revival architecture">Byzantine Revival</a> in style,<sup id="cite_ref-JHE_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JHE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with elements of the <a href="/wiki/Vienna_Secession" title="Vienna Secession">Vienna Secession</a> and, in the <a href="/wiki/Fa%C3%A7ade" title="Façade">façade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Venice" title="Venice">Venetian</a> architecture. The main premises has a diameter of 20 metres (66 ft) and is 31 metres (102 ft) high. It is topped by an octagonal <a href="/wiki/Dome" title="Dome">dome</a>. The interior is richly decorated, featuring columns of <a href="/wiki/Carrara_marble" title="Carrara marble">Carrara marble</a> and multicoloured Venetian mosaics, as well as decorative woodcarving. The entire building takes up 659 square metres (7,090 sq ft). The biggest chandelier in the Balkans is there and the rumor said it is made from gold from Ancient Palestine.<sup id="cite_ref-JHE_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JHE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 8 May 1992 the Sofia Synagogue also houses the Jewish Museum of History, which includes the Jewish Communities in Bulgaria, the Holocaust and the <a href="/wiki/Holocaust_in_Bulgaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Holocaust in Bulgaria">Rescue of the Jews in Bulgaria</a> expositions. A souvenir shop is also in operation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sofia_Synagogue&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20190521_Bulgaria_6507_Sofia_sRGB_(48656042743).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/20190521_Bulgaria_6507_Sofia_sRGB_%2848656042743%29.jpg/120px-20190521_Bulgaria_6507_Sofia_sRGB_%2848656042743%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" 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