Price: Several monasteries in Sofia are called the Holy Three Hierarchs - Basil the Great , Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom . Choosing the name of tis monastery took place in 1906 at the insistence of an old woman from Chepintsi . She testified that she often appeared three angels and would not leave her alone until a monastery is built .
Nowadays Chepintsi monastery is nunnery and acting . In addition to the main church , he has two new chapel "St. Petka "and" St. Elijah the prophet ", a new residential building and a kitchen, built in 1993, the complex comes a small shabby building from 1906 known as Shatovskoto church.
Feature of the monastery that is located in the field and not in the mountains . Is situated nearby Thracian burial mound known as "Big Mound" .
History of Chepintsi monastery "St. Three Saints " is not much , but few understand how important the role and tasks he had over the years. Foundation dates back to the Middle Ages. Exact date can not be specified . According to legend , the first monks lived here in dugouts near the mound . After excavations in this place , scientists have discovered a vaulted tomb. Most likely it was used by the monks for a hermitage . More than once during the Ottoman rule the monastery near the village Chepintsi harbors many rebels, fighting for the freedom of the Bulgarian people. After the robbery of the Turkish Treasury in Arabakonak and capturing Obshti followed by the arrest of the Apostle of Freedom - Vasil Levski , in 1872 , the evil fate overtake and Chepintsi monastery . Many of the monasteries around Sofia were burned and destroyed, as the authorities realize is they have been refuges for revolutionary minded Bulgarians. Of abode is left almost nothing. One time inhabited by 24 monks , following the destruction of the monastery in its place is seen only stone foundations and broken tiles. Some of the monks were imprisoned in Diyarbakir , while others managed to get to the " Seven Thrones" in Stara Planina. To help you remember where stood a monastery , the local wooden cross stuck . Thus, after the Liberation , one of the monks who lived and worked into the nearby monastery , returned from exile . Najden Kentrov along with three of his followers built a fountain with three spouts of the monastery . From now starts the restoration of the monastery , which you can see today.
Located about 2 km from Chepintsi village , the monastery is easy to reach as it is located right on the road. Into the Chepintsi monastery not available accommodation .
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