Price: Due to their identical distance from settlements Zlatar and Ivanski , Zlatarski monastery "St. St. Peter and Paul " is often referred to as Ivanchanski monastery. It is located in the " monasteries " in the territory of the municipality of Shumen.
Cloister was acting nunnery and is the only one in Northeast Bulgaria , named after the holy Apostles Peter and Paul. Built on the site of an old monastery that existed probably in Roman times and during the First Bulgarian Empire . In the fall of Bulgaria under Ottoman rule the monastery was destroyed . To restore him come until 1937 when the local Orthodox community raised their own funds. The first nun in the convent Zlatarevskiya says Faith . She arrived there in 1950. After her death in its place comes a nun Sofia, which became the first abbess of the monastery. Almost 60 years later, again by means of the population is made and a new church , and three years after it is built and a new monastery complex. Nowadays Zlatarevskiyat convent was inhabited by Xenia mother abbess and sister Irene . The monastery complex includes a church , residential, farm buildings and newly built monastery complex. The construction of the church in the monastery chapel functioned .
Every year, the temple festival on June 29 is made festive ceremony . Clergy blesses the water brought from the monastery spring - curious attraction that draws tourists from all over Bulgaria . According to locals sacred spring has healing power. For its properties are legendary.
In recent years, the fate of Zlatarski monastery "St. St. Peter and Paul " was placed under substantial risk. Under the church of the monastery there is an active landslide , which , thanks to the government's Anti- Disaster Management , is now under control. With allocations landslide has stopped the construction of a retaining wall .
Zlatarski monastery does not offer accommodation. If you want to get to the monastery , use the ramp on the way from Shumen to Smyadovo shortly after village Ivanski .
If you like history , we are sure you will not miss the opportunity to visit quite the nearby archaeological reserve Veliki Preslav. It is 30 km away and is part of the 100 national historic sites .
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