Price: Local legend says that before the dawn lit candle in the church of the monastery " Assumption" beg to desire and drink from the spring water flowing from the holy spring , the desire will come true. Do not know if this is really true, but strong believers are convinced of the ritual. Sacred spring - the holy spring is located opposite the entrance to the church of lawn around which of tourists have made beautiful buildings picnic with long wooden tables .
Nowadays Shishmanovo monastery "Assumption" is a permanent and located in Ihtiman forest , 13km from Samokov , near the Iskar Dam . From the hills above the monastery opens a clear view to the lake .
The monastery complex includes a church , residential and commercial buildings , and his name is associated with a former village Shishmanovo, which in the past was named Chamurliya . The monastery is a popular wih name Chamurliya monastery.
Today's Monastery was built in 1927 by local villagers. From historical records we know his place years ago there was another monastery founded during the Second Bulgarian Kingdom. But he was burned by the Turks during their withdrawal from the Bulgarian lands.
Already mentioned, the church has a nave and apse . Next to the entrance you can see the monument erected in honor of those who died in the land of Chamurliya in 1877 during the Russian- Turkish war captain of the 123rd Regiment Kozlowski , and Shishmanovo Bulgarian soldiers who gave their lives in the Balkan Wars . On the south side of the church is the bell tower and the nearby and cookhouse .
Fountain , built in 1985 , perpetuates the Russian soldiers who fell in the battle for the liberation of Samokov and Shishmanovo . Freedom fighters were killed in the area Roshava mound of December 26, 1877
Church holiday of Shishmanovskiya monastery "St. Assumption " is celebrated every last Sunday of August. According to witnesses, Shishmanovski annual fair is an event that is worth to experience . All guests of the holiday leave flowers and gifts in the church , light a candle for the health and well-being and wash your eyes with water from the holy spring back to health. Legend has it that the blind girl after wash your eyes with this water seeing. Then the celebration began in full force. There orchestra, singer and dances and they all laugh heartily. The stomach does not remain empty , each year the board of the monastery makes sacrifices .
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