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The Kilifarevo monastery “Saint Dimiter”

The Kilifarevo Monastery "Saint Dimiter" is situated in a valley at a distance of 5 km from Kilifarevo, Veliko Tarnovo District. At the time of Ivan Alexander around 1348 Teodosii Tarnovski built a big monastery over a high hill. The archaeological excavations revealed remains of this ancient sacred place, which was a spiritual centre of…

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. A large number of specialists think that it dates back to the Middle Ages. However, exact data for its existence leads to XV c. From XV…

The Kurilski Monastery is situated at the foot of the southern slopes of the Stara Planina where the Iskar River enters in the gorge. The monastery is dedicated to "Saint Ivan Rilski". It is supposed that at this site there was another monastery at the time of the First Bulgarian Kingdom. The present-day monastery was…

The Lopushanovo Monastery was 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 is an almost exact replica of the main church of the Rila Monastery. The interior of the church "Saint Joan the Baptist" has…