in Balat (Sveti Stefan Church), which is the only iron church built entirely of iron, opened today after 7 years of extensive restoration.boldAccording to Rivay, the Bulgarians living in Istanbul want to leave the Greek Patriarchate in the 19th century and make an independent church for themselves. They present their wishes to the Ottoman Sultan at the time. But Sultan Abdulaziz does not want the Bulgarians to build an independent church from the Fener Patriarchate. To deny the Bulgarians' demands directly, he says, "Let the church construction be completed within three months."
