Price: The Monastery "St. Forty Martyrs "was built on the initiative of the Bulgarian King Ivan Asen II. During his reign (1218-1241 ) The Bulgarian country again reach the three seas. The decision of the king to build the monastery comes after his glorious victory over the ruler of Epirus Theodore Komnenos in Klokotnitsa on March 9, 1230 It is in this day celebrates the feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs . Together with the nearby monastery were laid the foundations of several churches and monasteries.
Nowadays assault active monastery cloister is the Bulgarian Orthodox Church , part of the Diocese of Sofia . It is a monument of culture and a complex of church, residential and commercial buildings . Old small church was built in 1891 by Mouth Vuno Markov. It is a basilica , dome , indoor and outdoor porch , above which rises a belfry , the old small church is built in the new . In one of the buildings even at a later stage is a chapel dedicated to St. Kliment Ohridski . Near the monastery on the banks of the river , lies the monastery spring .
The history of Vrachesh Monastery "St. Forty Martyrs ' know yet that was burned repeatedly during XVIII century it was razed to the ground in kurdjalii attack. Then monastery sank into oblivion for decades . By the end of XIX century, when the monastery was restored . Legend tells of the rise of the world Virgin Mary . She appeared in a local youth while he was grazing his flock beneath the monastery pear and ordered him to resume the monastery . After being made excavations found the foundations of monastic temple bones of dead monks , some wooden chandelier censer and undamaged icon of the Virgin Mary , dated 17th century . By 1937 , the monastery was male , but from then on, a girls' hostel.
Vracheshki monastery is located 5 km west of Vrachesh and 10 km from Botevgrad . Currently, most of the monastery buildings were restored . The monastery leads a decent asphalt road from Botevgrad that passes through Vrachesh . In Vrachesh Monastery not offer food and accommodation .
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