Aladzha monastery
Aladzha Monastery is situated at a distance of 15 km north of Varna and at 2 km from the seaside and the resort of Zlatni Pyasatzi/Golden Sands/. There are other similar rocky massifs on the northern and ...

The monastery "Saint Forty Martyrs"
The monastery "Saint Forty Martyrs" in Veliko Turnovo has been built to commemorate the victory of the Bulgarians over the troops of the Byzantine ruler Teodor Komnin in 1230. The church is a low three-nave ...

The patriarch's monastery "Sveta Troitza" (Holy Trinity)
The patriarch's monastery "Sveta Troitza" /Holy Trinity/, Veliko Turnovo District, is built under the western slopes of the Arbanassi's Plateau, hugged under the beautiful steep rocks of the ...

The Preobrazhenie monastery
The Preobrazhenie Monastery, Veliko Turnovo District, is founded at the time of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom in XIII-XIV c. Some evidence tells about a connection with the establishment of the monastery ...

The monastery "Saint Nikola"
The monastery "Saint Nikola" is situated to the southwest of the village of Arbanassi, Veliko Turnovo District, above a steep rocky wreath on a plateau with the same name, hugged in a valley, not far ...

The monastery "Uspenie Bogorodichno" (The Assumption)
The monastery "Uspenie Bogorodichno"/The Assumption/ in the village of Arbanassi, Veliko Turnovo District, is located to the northwest of the village. The temple of the monastery dates from XVII c. and ...

The Kilifarevo monastery "Saint Dimiter"
The Kilifarevo Monastery "Saint Dimiter" is situated in a valley at a distance of 5 km from Kilifarevo, Veliko Turnovo District. At the time of Ivan Alexander around 1348 Teodosii Turnovski builds a ...

The Kapinovo monastery "Saint Nikolay Chudotvoretz"
The Kapinovo Monastery "Saint Nikolay Chudotvoretz" lies at a distance of 18 km south of Veliko Turnovo not far away from the village of Kapinovo. The monastery dates back to the time of the Second Bulgarian ...

The Plakovo Monastery "Saint Iliya"
The Plakovo Monastery "Saint Iliya" is situated near the Kapinovo monastery. It is located in a beautiful site at about 15 km south of Veliko Turnovo. The monastery has also been built during the period ...

The rocky monasteries by the village of Ivanovo
The rocky monasteries by the village of Ivanovo lie at a distance of 20 km south of Russe and 4 km from Ivanovo. They are situated in steep, hard-to-reach limestone rocks along both sides of the river, ...

The Batoshevo Monastery
The Batoshevo Monastery lies at a distance of 20 km southwest of Sevlievo in a beautiful mountainous site. A stone inscription, preserved at the National Archaeology Museum tells that the founder of the ...

The Dryanovo Monastery "Saint Archangel Michael"
The Dryanovo Monastery "Saint Archangel Michael" is located at the gorge of the Dryanovska River. It is surrounded by high steep rocks. Built at the time of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom the monastery ...

The Sokolovo monastery
The Sokolovo Monastery is situated along the northern slopes of the Stara Planina Mountains. In 1833 Yosif Sokolski together with the hierarch-monk Agapii restored this ancient monastery. The monastery's ...

The Troyan monastery "Uspenie Bogorodichno" (The Assumption)
The Troyan Monastery "Uspenie Bogorodichno"/The Assumption/ lies at a distance of 10 km east of Troyan in a beautiful site on the bank of the Cherni Osam River. The Troyan Monastery is a monument of ...

The Teteven monastery "Saint Iliya"
The Teteven Monastery "Saint Iliya" has been situated northeast of Teteven in the skirts of the Ostretz peak. Now it is within the limits of the present-day town and only the church and one housing building ...

The Glozhen monastery "Saint Georgi"
The Glozhene Monastery "Saint Georgi" is one of the most interesting monasteries in the Stara Planina Mountains region. It is not hidden in the mountains but is standing on a high stone terrace, separated ...

The Etropole monastery "Holy Trinity"
The Etropole Monastery "Holy Trinity" lies at a distance of 5 km east of the town of Etropole. There are reasonable guesses that the monastery has been founded in the Middle Ages. There is direct evidence ...

The Karlukovo monastery
The Karlukovo Monastery is situated at the gorge of the Iskar River. The monastery has a high-quality painted decoration in the present-day church. At the time of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom there has ...

The Strupetzki monastery "Saint Prophet Iliya"
The Strupetzki Monastery "Saint Prophet Iliya" is situated at the gorge of the Iskar River, hugged in a forest. The monastery is most probably founded during the Second Bulgarian Kingdom. In the monastery's ...

The Cherepishki monastrey
The Cherepishki Monastery is hugged among the picturesque rocks of the gorge of the Iskar River near the village of Lyutibrod, Varna District. During the first half of XVII c., when the Turkish oppressors ...

The Bistritza monastery "Saint Yoan Bogoslov"
The Bistritza Monastery "Saint Yoan Bogoslov" lies at a distance of 6 km west of Vratza, hugged in the mountainous slopes. In the rocks above the monastery there is a giant opening with a natural vault ...

The Chiprovtzi monastery "Saint Ivan Rilski"
The Chiprovtzi Monastery "Saint Ivan Rilski" lies at a distance of 6 km northeast of Chiprovtzi in a heavily broken valley. Despite the inclination of the terraced terrain the monastery's yard has ...

The Lopushanovo monastery
The Lopushanovo Monastery is restored during 1850-1853 with the support of archimandrite Dionisii. The new monastery is located in a spacious yard, surrounded by a stone wall. The design of the church ...

The Rakovitza monastery "Sveta Troitza" (Holy Trinity)
The Rakovitza Monastery "Sveta Troitza"/Holy Trinity/ is situated under the Chernoglav Peak by the village of Rakovitza. There is a hypothesis that at this site there has been an old monastery during the ...

The Kremikovtzi monastery "Saint Georgi"
The Kremikovtzi Monastery "Saint Georgi" lies at a distance of 2 km east of Kremikovtzi quarter of Sofia. It is situated on the southern slopes of the Stara Planina Mountains. A large number of specialists ...

The Seslavtzi monastery "Saint Nikolai Mirakliyski"
The Seslavtzi Monastery "Saint Nikolai Mirakliyski" is situated at the northeastern part of the Sofia field by the present-day village of Seslavtzi. Its founders are the inhabitants of the village which ...

The Eleshinski monastery "Virgin Mary"
The Eleshinski monastery "Virgin Mary" is founded in the last years of XVI c. The inspirer and the direct supporter of the building of the monastery is the highly educated and talented Pimen Zograf from ...

The Lozen monastery "Saint Spas"
The Lozen Monastery "Saint Spas" is situated at the northern slopes of Lozen Mountains on a small terrace under the Polovrak peak. The old monastery has been most probably built during the Second Bulgarian ...

The Dolni Pasarel monastery
The Dolni Pasarel Monastery lies at a distance of 4 km east of the village of Dolni Pasarel, Sofia District. It is supposed that there has been a small chapel at the site which afterwards has developed ...

The Dragalevtzi monastery "Virgin Mary"
The Dragalevtzi Monastery "Virgin Mary" is from the group of monasteries which have sprung up at the end of XIV and XV c. around Sofia, known with the complex name of Sofia's Sacred Forest. The monastery ...

The Malamovo monastery
The Malamovo Monastery lies at a distance of 12 km east of station Dragoman in the middle of a wave-like broken location. There is little evidence of its existence. From the monastery are preserved the ...

The Razboishki monastery "Vavedenie Bogorodichno"
The Razboishki monastery "Vavedenie Bogorodichno"/ The Assumption/ is among the few survived ancient buildings in the Godech Region. The monastery is among the most cherished. The main church of the ...

The Nedelishte monastery
The Nedelishte Monastery is located by the village of Nedelishte on the slopes of the Dragoman Elevations. Only the church of the monastery is preserved and the rest of the buildings are half-destroyed. ...

The Bilinski monastery
The Bilinski Monastery lies at a distance of 16 km west of the town of Breznik, Pernik District. It is hugged between two elevations and is dedicated to "Saint Archangel Michael". The monastery is built ...

The Mislovishitzki monastery
The Mislovishitzki Monastery lies at a distance of 2 km from the village of Velinovo and 1 km from the village of Filipovtzi, Pernik District. The ancient monastery complex is situated at a beautiful location ...

The Iliyanski monastery
The Iliyanski Monastery has been built at the end of XVI c. and the beginning of XVII c. Only the eastern part of the present-day church has survived. The original decoration of the church is from the ...

The Trun monastery "Saint Archangel Michael"
The Trun Monastery "Saint Archangel Michael" lies at a distance of 4 km northwest of the town of Trun, Pernik District. It is established at the time of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom and has been an important ...

The Iskretz monastery
The Iskretzki Monastery is hugged at the foot of the Western Stara Planina Mountains. It is a bit far away from the main road for the gorge of the Iskar River. The monastery remains isolated from the world ...

The Kurilovo monastery
The Kurilovo Monastery is situated at the foot of the southern slopes of the Stara Planina Mountains where the Iskar River enters in the gorge. The monastery is dedicated to "Saint Ivan Rilski". It is ...

The "Seven Thrones" monastery or the Osenovlashki monastery
The "Seven Thrones" Monastery or the Osenovlashki Monastery lies at a distance of 5 km from the Eliseyna station. It is one of the most interesting monasteries in Bulgaria. It is built at the foot of a ...

The Sopot monastery
The Sopot monastery is situated at the center of the town of Sopot. Initially it has been a small chapel which grows into a monastery. The final touches of the housing buildings take place in 1665. During ...

The Kazanluk monastery "Vurgin Mary"
The Kazanluk monastery "Virgin Mary" in the town of Kazanluk is built in the period 1864-1866. The monastery has sustained the horrors of the Turkish violence during the Liberation War when the church ...

The Alino monastery "Saint Spas"
The Alino Monastery "Saint Spas" is situated on the slopes of Plana Mountains at a distance of 7 km north of the village of Alino, the Samokov Region. The settlement has existed since XVI c. and is mentioned ...

The nunnery "Pokrov Presvetaya Bogoroditza"
The nunnery "Pokrov Presvetaya Bogoroditza" is situated in the center of the town of Samokov. The monastery has been established at the end of XVIII c. during the period of abbess Fota. The nuns have ...

The Zemen monastery "Saint Joan Bogoslov"
The Zemen Monastery "Saint Joan Bogoslov" is located to the west of the town of Zemen. It is closely related to the history of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom. The monastery has been part of the medieval ...

The Peshtera monastery "Saint Nikolay"
The Peshtera Monastery "Saint Nikolay" lies at a distance of 4 km from the village of Peshtera and 7 km from the town of Zemen, Pernik District. From a gold honorary diploma given to the monastery from ...

The Boboshevo monastery "Saint Dimiter"
The Boboshevo Monastery "Saint Dimiter" is situated on the eastern slope of the Ruen peak at a distance of 4 km from the town of Boboshevo. The monastery is established during the Second Bulgarian Kingdom. ...

The Baktunovo monastery "Saint Peter and Pavel"
The Baktunovo Monastery "Saint Peter and Pavel" lies at a distance of 6 km above the village of Patalenitza, Pazardzhik District on the northern slopes of the Rhodope Mountains. In the region of the settlement ...

The Rozhen monastery "Virgin Mary's Birth"
The Rozhen Monastery "Virgin Mary's Birth" is one of the most interesting and important religious centres of Bulgaria. The monastery lies at a distance of 6 km east of the town of Melnik. To the ...

The Rila monastery
The Rila Monastery is situated in the western part of Rila Mountains at a height of 1147 meters. The beautiful mountain has hosted its founder and given the name of the monastery. The monastery is founded ...

The Bachkovo monastery "Saint Bogoroditza Petrichka"
The Bachkovo Monastery "Saint Bogoroditza Petrichka" is situated near the village of Bachkovo, Asenovgrad Region. The Monastery is among the oldest monasteries on the Balkan Peninsula which has combined ...

The monastery "Saint Kozma and Damyan"
The Monastery "Saint Kozma and Damyan" is situated in the mountainous slopes of the Rhodope Mountains at a distance of 3 km north of the village of Kuklen, Asenovgrad Region. It is believed that the ...

The Gorni Voden monastery "Saint Kirik and Julita"
The Gorni Voden Monastery "Saint Kirik and Julita" is one of the most interesting and less studied monasteries. It lies at a distance of 15 km south of the village of Gorni Voden, west of Asenovgrad. ...

The monastery "Saint Petka Muldavska"
The Monastery "Saint Petka Muldavska" is situated on the southern slope of the Rhodope Mountains above the village of Muldava at a distance of 4 km from Asenovgrad. According to a legend the monastery ...

The monastery "Saint Nedelya"
The Monastery "Saint Nedelya" lies at a distance of 8 km from Asenovgrad, not far away from the village of Zlatovrah (old name - Arapovo). It is founded in XIX c. Its main church is built in 1859 which ...

The Ustrem monastery "Saint Troitza" (Holy Trinity)
The Ustrem Monastery" Sveta Troitza" /Holy Trinity/ is situated near the village of Ustrem at a distance of 20 km from Topolovgrad. It has been built on this site in XIV c. which is mentioned in an Ottoman ...