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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 was a small chapel at the site which afterwards developed as a modest monastery. The church was dedicated to the apostles "Saint Peter and Pavel". It was built during XIX…

The Dragalevtzi Monastery "Virgin Mary" is from the group of monasteries which sprang up at the end of XIV and XV c. around Sofia, known with the complex name of Sofia's Sacred Forest. The monastery was mentioned in the Vitosha's gold honorary diploma of the Bulgarian king Ivan Shishman which tells about its relation to…

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 was demolished after the fall of Bulgaria under the Ottoman yoke. The last time when the monastery was plundered is on 10th…

The Eleshnishki monastery "Virgin Mary" was founded in the last years of XVI c. The inspirer and the direct supporter of the building of the monastery was the highly educated and talented Pimen Zograf from Sofia. The church of the Eleshnishki Monastery is of greatest interest. There are three layers of murals. The first murals…