 The Patriarchal Cathedral of the Holy Ascension of God ( Bulgarian : Патриаршеска катедрала „ Свето Възнесение Господне “ , Patriarsheska katedrala „ Sveto Vaznesenie Gospodne “ ) is a former Eastern Orthodox cathedral in the city of Veliko Tarnovo , in north central Bulgaria . Located on top of the fortified Tsarevets hill in the former capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire , the cathedral was the seat of the Bulgarian patriarch from its construction in the 11th – 12th century to its destruction in 1393 . 
 The Patriarchal Cathedral of the Holy Ascension of God ( Bulgarian : Патриаршеска катедрала „ Свето Възнесение Господне “ , Patriarsheska <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>katedrala</mark></a> „ Sveto Vaznesenie Gospodne “ ) <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>is</mark></a>a former Eastern Orthodox cathedral in the city of Veliko Tarnovo , in north central Bulgaria . Located on top of the fortified Tsarevets hill in the former capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire , the cathedral was the seat of the Bulgarian patriarch from its construction in the 11th – 12th century to its destruction in 1393 . 
Da Patriarchal Cathedral of tdaHoly Ascension of God ( Bulgarian : Патриаршеска катедрала „ Свето Възнесение Господне “ , Patriarsheska katedralummed „ Sveto Vaznesenie Gospodne “ ) a former Eastern Orthodox cathedral in thdaity of Veliko Tarnovo , in north central Bulgaria . Located on top of thedartified Tsarevets hill in the former capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire , the dahedral was the seat of the Bdaarian patriarch from its construction in the 11th – 12th century to its destruction in 1393 .