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The monastery “Uspenie Bogorodichno” (The Assumption)

The monastery "Uspenie Bogorodichno"/The Assumption/ in the village of Arbanassi, Veliko Tarnovo District, is located to the northwest of the village. The temple of the monastery dates from XVII c. and was the parish church of the big for its time settlement. The oldest church in the monastery is the "Uspenie Bogorodichno" church. It is…

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 church is a single-nave, three-apside one with a semi-cylindrical vault. The monastery was built and renovated between 1846 and 1879-1882. It…

The nunnery "Pokrov Presveta Bogoroditza" is situated in the center of the town of Samokov. The monastery was established at the end of XVIII c. during the period of abbess Fota. The nuns at first inhabited the house of the founder of the monastery. In 1837-1839 a big church was built with housing buildings around…

The patriarch's monastery "Sveta Troitza" /Holy Trinity/, Veliko Tarnovo District, was built under the western slopes of the Arbanassi's Plateau, hugged under the beautiful steep rocks of the eastern slope of the canyon-shaped gorge of the Yantra River. The monastery has existed ever since the period of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom. It was one of…