EXPLORATIONS OF A MEDIAEVAL CHURCH NEAR THE VILLAGE OF ISKRA (Ivan Dzhambov, Georgi Mitrev – gmmitrev@yahoo.com) Explorations of a single-nave and single-apse basilica, presumably with a narthex from the west, were carried out. A chapel was added to the northern façade of the church. The basilica is 13.40 m in length and 5.85 m in width. The walls were built of stones bound with a mortar and their width is between 60 cm and 95 cm. The chapel is 3.40 m in width. The first period of existence of the church most likely dates to the 11th – 12th centuries. During the second period, the basilica partly changed its construction and the building technique. Walls with a bonding medium of mud that decreased the inner space of the building were predominant in the reconstruction. The chapel was reconstructed to a baptistery. The second construction period most likely dates to 13th – 14th centuries. The pottery from the site is chronologically related to both presumable periods of existence: 11th – 12th and 13th – 14th centuries. Sgraffito pottery is typical of the second period. Sherds of Thracian pottery of the Late Iron Age (5th – 1st centuries BC) were also found on the site. A Christian cemetery spreads in the area around the church. Five graves without burial inventories were explored. The cemetery was extensive, since human bones and finds (pottery, metal items, a small ring, etc.) – presumably grave goods, were scattered on the surface around the basilica. Among the finds from the excavations, a small iron cross, two copper fragments (most likely from a cover of a Gospel), fragmentary glass small cups and church-lamps, terracotta loom weights and a coin of Manuel I Comnenos (1143 – 1180) deserve special attention.