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		<title>Cherepish Monastery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the favorite places of Bulgarian writer Ivan Vazov is situated on the bank of Iskur River and is surrounded by steep cliffs. This place is Cherepish Monastery Ouspenie Bogorodichno.
The monastery is located 95 km away from Sofia and 11 km away from Mezdra, in the beautiful Iskur gorge.
Historians believe that Cherepish Monastery was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chiprovtsi Monastery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chiprovtsi Monastery is also known as St. Ivan Rilski and is located only five km away from Chiprovtsi and 30 km away from Montana.
The sanctuary has long and turbulent history. It was created in the 10th century and suffered six assaults. The sanctuary was destroyed almost entirely after the Chiprovtsi uprising in 1688.
The monastery complex [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divotino Monastery</title>
		<link>http://bulgarianmonastery.info/?p=499</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only two km away from Bankia’s district of Mihailovo you will discover Divotino Monastery. The sanctuary was founded in the 11th century.
Divotino Monastery shared the fate of numerous other Bulgarian Christian complexes. It was destroyed in an 1806 assault.
Only the iconostasis and three icons have been preserved from the original monastery. The church and all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Albotinski Rock Monastery</title>
		<link>http://bulgarianmonastery.info/?p=495</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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The natural rock cavities situated 25 km away from Vidin house Albotinski Monastery. The sanctuary is situated between the villages of Gradets and Rabovo.
Albotinski Monastery is easily accessible. A small path starting in the area of Haidouk fountain will take you there.
Archaeologists discovered 29 Christian graves in the area. The graves contain wall paintings and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arapovski Monastery</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Eparchy of Plovdiv]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the few Bulgarian sanctuaries constructed in the middle of a valley instead of in the mountain is Arapovski Monastery.
The sanctuary is situated eight km away from the town of Asenovgrad. You should head towards Purvomai to see the information boards directing you to the Orthodox complex.
Arapovski Monastery is the only Christian complex created [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sopot Convent Vuvedenie Bogorodichno</title>
		<link>http://bulgarianmonastery.info/?p=483</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The central part of Sopot preserves a historic and spiritual treasure. The complex consists of Vuvedenie Bogorodichno convent and St. St. Apostles Peter and Pavel church. Both landmarks hold volumes of history connected to their development.
The convent was created in the 17th century. Its church is the only part of the original complex that survived [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sopot Monastery St. Spas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Spas Monastery is one of the places mentioned in Ivan Vazov’s Under the Yoke masterpiece. It is situated a kilometer north of the town of Sopot, five km away from Karlovo and 19 km away from Kalofer.
A beautiful road leads to the sanctuary and starts in the center of Sopot. To reach it, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chourilovski Monastery</title>
		<link>http://bulgarianmonastery.info/?p=462</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Information about Chourilovski Monastery is insufficient in volume and you can find very little about it in various sites.
Chourilovski Monastery St. Georgi is situated 200 km away from Sofia and 25 km away from Petrich, close to the village of Chourilovo.
From Petrich, you need to head to the village of Gega. The monastery is located [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basarbovo Rock Monastery</title>
		<link>http://bulgarianmonastery.info/?p=455</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Basarbovo Rock Monastery is situated 10 km away from the city of Rousse, near the village of Basarbovo.
Ottoman registers show that the monastery existed back in the 15th century. St. Dimitri Basarboski lived there. According to a legend, after his death the saint appeared in the dreams of a blind girl. He showed her where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Klisourski Monastery</title>
		<link>http://bulgarianmonastery.info/?p=449</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Klisourski Monastery St. St. Cyril and Methodius is situated in the region of Montana, close to the town of Vurshets.
The monastery was founded in the 13th century and was destroyed several times over the centuries. Today, it ranks as the fourth biggest monastery in the country and is an exceptionally beautiful place in the foot [...]]]></description>
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