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	Bachkovo Monastery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		'''Bachkovo Monastery''' or Petritsoni Monastery in Bulgaria is a important monument of the Georgian Christian Architecture, one of the largest and oldest Orthodox Christian monasteries in Eastern Europe.
		Bachkovo Monastery is directly subordinated to the Holy Synod of Bulgaria.
		Bachkovo Monastery is the final resting place of both Patriarch Evtimiy (1375-1393) and Patriarch Cyril (1953-1971).
	bachkovo-monastery.iqnaut.net (335 words)

	Monasteries in Bulgaria :: Rila mionastery :: Bachkovo :: Troyan
		Monasteries in Bulgaria :: Rila mionastery :: Bachkovo :: Troyan
		In the early l6th century the monastery was destroyed by the Turkish conquerors to be restored in the late l6th century.
		Dryanovo Monastery of St. Archangel Michael was founded in the l2th century and is in close proximity to the summer residence of the Bulgarian rulers from the Assen dynasty.
	www.motoroads.com /why_bul_monasteries.html (633 words)

	Bachkovo Monastery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Bachkovo Monastery (Bulgarian: Бачковски манастир, Bachkovski manastir) or Petritsoni Monastery in Bulgaria is an important monument of Georgian Christian architecture and one of the largest and oldest Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Eastern Europe.
		During the time of the Second Bulgarian Empire, Bachkovo Monastery was patronized by Tsar Ivan Alexander, which is evidenced by an image of him on the archs of the ossuary's narthex.
		Bachkovo Monastery is one of the locations in the 2005 bestseller novel The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.
	www.infoforyou.org /input.php?title=Bachkovo_Monastery (531 words)

	Asenovgrad - most beautifil city in the world
		The Bachkovo Monastery is situated in the northern part of Central Rhodopes, in the Valley of River Asenitsa, 10 km away from the town of Asenovgrad.
		The new kitchen of the monastery, the dining-room and the museum collection are on the ground floor in the north wing of the monastery.
		The monastery is situated in the northern foot of the Rhodope Mountains, 7 km away from the south-east of Asenovgrad.
	www.asenovgrad.info /en/index.php?page=39 (3611 words)

	Journey Bulgaria Monasteries \| Bachkovo - Bachkovo Monastery - Bachkovo, Plovdiv region information, Bachkovo photos, ...
		The second largest Bulgarian monastery, the Bachkovo cloister, lies in the valley of the Chepelare river (also known by the locals as Chaya), about 10 km to the south of the town of Assenovgrad.
		On all sides, the monastery is surrounded by the hills of the Rhodopi mountain, which together with its size and ancient spirit make is one of the most visited monasteries in Bulgaria.
		Even if the Bachkovo monastery survived the first coup of the Ottoman invasion, it was not spared later one and similarly to other cloister, was raided and ruined down.
	en.journey.bg /bulgaria/bulgaria.php?guide=136 (648 words)

	STUDENT HOLIDAYS - MONASTERIES AND CHURCHES IN BULGARIA
		The construction of the first monasteries followed a Near East scheme that had already established itself in some places in Europe but as early as the 6th century Byzantine plans began gradually to make their influence felt only to turn later into a major standard of constructing Eastern Orthodox monasteries.
		The bigger monasteries in Bulgaria are: the Rila, Bachkovo, Troyan, Preobrazhenie /Transfiguration/, Kilifarevo, Kapinovo, Cherepish, Rozhen, Ivanovo, Plachkovo, Aladja, Zemen, Dryanovo, Sokoloski, Glozhene, Kremikovtsi, Dragalevtsi, Gorni Voden, Kuklen, Arapovo, Batoshevo, Lopushanski, Maglizh, Etropole, “St. St.
		It was in the 19th century that the monastic brotherhood restored the monastery, building a beautiful church, spacious residential wings and a tower with belfry.
	www.studentholidays.com /bg/bg10.htm (1408 words)

	Bachkovo Monastery , Bulgaria ( Backovo )
		Bachkovo Monastery is located on the right bank of the Chepelare river (Chaya), above the Plovdiv-Smolyan road, 29 km away from Plovdiv, 89 km away from Sofia and 10 km away from Assenovgrad, it is not far from
		The museum of the Monastery has a rich exhibition of church plate, icons, books, the sword of Friedrich Barbarosa, the Crusader, the Sultan's firman from 1452, the wood carved cross with miniatures.
		Bachkovo Monastery is directly subordinated to the Holy Synod.
	www.visitbulgaria.net /places/bachkovomonastery/index.shtml (395 words)

	Tabibito's Bulgaria Guide: Bachkovo Monastery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		History: Bachkovo monastery was already founded in 1083 by the two Bakuriani brothers, who came here from →Georgia.
		From the beginning, the monastery was dedicated to the Holy Virgin Mary.
		Bachkovo is Bulgaria's second biggest monastery, only to be outdone by →Rila Monastery.
	www.tabibito.de /balkan/ebatschkovo.shtml (585 words)

	Crown and Cross Foundation
		One of the oldest monasteries in the Bulgarian lands, it rises in the picturesque Chaya river valley, 28 km south of Plovdiv.
		Founded in 1083, Bachkovo Monastery is chiefly known for its original architecture, rich collections of old icons, jewelry, coins and church plate.The library preserves many valuable incunabula and old manuscripts.
		The Troyan Monastery, is known above all for the creative work of Zahari Zograph who painted both the exterior and the interior (a rare practice for the time) of the main church built in 1835, 10 km from the town of Troyan.
	www.bulgarianmonasteries.com /monastery/?eparchy_id=1 (227 words)

	Tours in Bulgaria - Bulgarian outfield tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bachkovo monastery - the second largest Bulgarian monastery lies in the valley of the Chepelare river.
		The monastery is surrounded by the hills of the Rhodopi mountain, which together with its size and ancient spirit make is one of the most visited monasteries in Bulgaria.
		Rila monastery - one of the most important monument of the Bulgarian culture and architectural monument from the age of the Bulgarian Renaissance, famous as a Holy Rila cloister.
	www.sofiaallhotels.com /ekskurziq8.htm (427 words)

	Discover Bulgaria - Bachkovo Monastery
		Bachkovo Monastery is located on the right bank of the Chepelare river, above the Plovdiv-Smolyan road, 29 km away from Plovdiv, 89 km away from Sofia and 10 km away from Assenovgrad, it is not far from Pamporovo mountain resort.
		All important places in monastery’s vicinity are shown there, as well as participants in famous traditional procession and monastery’s donors with ones of the richest Plovdiv citizens of the time among them.
		Since XIII century on Bachkovo monastery together with Stanimaka Fortress was included into two states’ borders: Bulgaria and Byzantine Empire.
	www.bulgaria-hotels.com /sp/discover_bulgaria/monasterios/20NFO-bachkovo_monastery.html (1667 words)

	Asenovgrad, The Bachkovo Monastery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Arapovo monastery “St. Nedelya” is one of the small ones which are built around the plateau.
		In the Bachkovo monastery there is a school from XI c.
		Later the monastery followed the destiny of the other monasteries and it was rubbed and destroyed.
	www.bgtourinfo.eu /engasgr.html (396 words)

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		The second largest Bulgarian monastery, the Bachkovo cloister, lies in the valley of the Chepelare river, about 10km to the south of the town of Assenovgrad.
		The monastery was founded in 1083 by a Byzantine military commander of Georgian origin.
		Even though the Bachkovo monastery survived the first invasion of the Ottoman Empire, it was eventually raided and destroyed.
	www.destinationbulgaria.bg /msbachkovskimanastir.htm (316 words)

	The Monastery in the Rhodopian Mountains - Bachkovo, Southern Bulgaria
		Bachkovo Monastery, today's destination, lies in a sea of green, embraced by rolling hills and a mountain chain as a backdrop.
		Inside the monastery's holy icon of the Blessed Virgin, which the gypsies have come to venerate in the monastery, was hidden during the times of Turkish occupation.
		If we expected the monastery doors to stay open in the evening, let alone that the people from outside would be invited inside, we now find that we are mistaken.
	www.bootsnall.com /articles/node/6731/print (1787 words)

	Welcome to Tandem Travel
		The monastery was founded by John of Rila in the 10th century as a colony for hermits.
		It is erected in a magnificent locality along the reaches of the Assenitsa River (29 km south of Plovdiv), ranks second after the Rila Monastery both with regard to size and to architectural, artistic and literary significance.
		The premises of the monastery are situated on two levels and have been cut in an almost 40 meters high sheer limestone rock.
	www.tandem-travel.com /eng/round_one.php?round=38 (544 words)

	Bulgarian Travel Guide - travel agencies,hotels in Varna and Bulgaria, Bulgaria Hotels, Book Discount Hotels in ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Location: The second largest Bulgarian monastery, the Bachkovo cloister, lies in the valley of the Chepelare river (also known by the locals as Chaya), about 10km to the south of the town of Assenovgrad.
		History and general info: The monastery was founded in 1083 by the Byzantine military commander of Georgian origin, Grigorii Bakuriani and his brother Abazii.
		The monastery is reached a couple of kilometers after one leaves behind the village of Bachkovo (which also lies on the main road) and cannot be missed for all the advertisement signs, stalls and tourist crowds there.
	www.tourism-bulgaria.com /documents/explore/history/monasteries/bachkovo.htm (700 words)

	Bachkovo Monastery, Bulgaria. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		You enter the monastery through a small iron-plated door which opens onto a cobbled courtyard, kept free of grass and weeds by a solitary goat, and surrounded by wooden galleries.
		The wall of the refectory on the left is covered with frescos providing a narrative of the monastery's history: they show Bachkovo roughly as it appears today, but watched by God's eye and a celestial Madonna and child, with pilgrims proceeding to a hill in the vicinity to place icons.
		Though it's not immediately apparent, the monastery consists of two separate courtyards connected via the wing containing the seventeeth-century refectory (trapeznitsa), whose vaulted hall is decorated with a Tree of Isaiah and a Procession of the Miraculous Icon executed by pupils of Zahari Zograf.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/bulgaria/bachkovo_monastery/home (578 words)

	Bachkovo Monastery Bulgaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bachkovo Monastery - Bulgarian Monasteries Bachkovo - Bachkovo Cloister - Bachkovo Monastery Bulgaria
		The monastery is completely surrounded by the hills of the Rhodopi mountain, which together with the size of this Bulgarian monastery and its ancient spirit make one of the most visited monasteries in Bulgaria.
		The Bachkovo cloister is known and appreciated for the unique combination of Byzantine, Georgian and Bulgarian culture, united by the common faith.
	sightseeing.bulgarian-guide.com /monasteries-bulgaria/bachkovo-monastery (295 words)

	Bachkovski Monastery
		Bachkovski Monastery is located 29 km south of Plovdiv, 11 km south of Asenovgrad in Chaya river valley, in the foothills of the scenic Rhodope mountains.
		People sometimes refer to this monastery in error as "Bachkovo Monastery", but any serious student of the rules of Bulgarian grammar appreciates that -ski is a suffix showing belonging, and is used to form names from village/town names, professions, etc.
		The 160 Orthodox monasteries situated throughout Bulgaria in attractive, natural environments are of interest for the development of religious tourism.
	www.abvg.net /Monasteries/Bachkovski (783 words)

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		At the end of the 11th century, the monastery opens a religious school.
		It was restored towards the end of the 15th century with the dining hall having been reconstructed in 1601, and the present-day church, Virgin Mary, — in 1604.
		The Bachkovo monastery has long welcomed visitors and accommodated those wishing to stay there for the night.
	rentacarsdriver.dir.bg /eng/prices/Bachkovo/bachkovo_eng.html (503 words)

	Virgin Mary of Bachkovo Monastery Heals Bodies and Souls of True Believers - Standart / ...
		Bachkovo Monastery is one of the oldest in Bulgaria
		The legend also says that on this memorable day the monastery's bells were tolling on their own, while the shepherd boys were carrying the icon to its home.
		The monastery's chronicles also keep a record of many people, who came to the monastery with faith in their hearts and had their diseases healed by the omnipotent icon.
	www.standartnews.com /archive/2005/12/22/english/features/index.htm (674 words)

	* Visit to Bulgaria : RILA MONASTERY, Bulgaria * - Travel guide and Search engine
		Its presentday place, 119 km south of Sofia, is the one in which it stood during the 14th century, when the protosebast Dragovol Hrelyo settled in the monastery as an independent ruler.
		The monastery's unquestionable authority influenced the Turkish sultants who confirmed the rights granted by the Bulgarian kings by special firmans.
		The fate of the Monastery became the concern of the entire Bulgarian nation.
	get.info.bg /visit/Dir.asp?d=0-4-Monasteries-Rila_Monastery (806 words)

	visitBG.net - Bulgarian travel guide - Bachkovo Monastery, landmarks Bulgaria
		The Bachkovo Monastery is the second largest one in Bulgaria; it’s situated in the Rhodope Mountains, among the Chepelarska River valley.
		Surrounded by high rocky peaks, the monastery is located 1km from Bachkovo, 10 km from Assenovgrad, 28 km from Plovdiv.
		The monastery was burnt down several times and only the ossuary and the St. Archangel Church have been preserved in their original appearance.
	www.visitbg.net /index.php?topic=sehenswuerdigkeiten&ortinfo=bachkovokl (269 words)

	Bulgaria 7 :: Bachkovo Monastery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The icon of Mary with the Child of the Bachkovo Monastery is among the twenty such icons in the world, for which it is believed that the Holy Mother herself has sat for her portrait to the artist.
		The icon was brought to the Bachkovo Monastery by traveling monks Okramir and Atanasiy.
		in the morning, the bells of Bachkovo Monastery could be heard tolling festively, and a long queue of people, who have waited long hours to lit a candle at the icons, could be seen heading towards the exit of the monastery.
	www.bulgaria7.com /content/bachkovo-monastery (251 words)

	Best of Bulgaria Tour I
		Tour in Rila Monastery /1hrs/, including the 14th century Hrelyo Tower, the five-domed Birth of the Blessed Virgin Church and the original monastery kitchens from the 19th century.
		The monastery also houses a rich museum collection of valuable old manuscripts and documents, charters and icons, an ethnographic exhibition of fabrics, jewelry, carpets and wrought iron objects, and a library containing more than 16 000 books.
		Afternoon-tour to Bachkovo Monastery, rising amidst the green slopes of the Rhodopes Mountains.
	members.tripod.com /bit_bg/best_of_bulgaria_tour_i.htm (1073 words)

	MonasreriesofBulgaria
		-the largest monastery complex in Bulgaria.It is situated deep in the heart of the mountains.
		-the second most important monastery after the Rila Monastery-was built near the village of Bachkovo,in the heart of the Rhodopes.It was founded in 1083 by the Georgian Gregorios Bakuriani.At the end of the 11th century, the Bachkovo school of learning emerged in the monastery.Precious icons and church plates are preserved in the museum.
		was built of the foundations of unknown monastery in 1850;the church dates from 1835 and has 17th century Gothic church architectural elements.The icons on the iconostasis are painted by Stanislav and Nikola Dospevski.Three woodcarved iconostases are preserved.
	naturetour.digicom.bg /mon.htm (636 words)

	One day tours of Bulgaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Depart from Sofia in the morning and drive through the fertile Thracian Plain to the picturesque Plovdiv – a city with 3000 years long history, rich in archaeological, historical and cultural landmarks.
		Depart to the Bachkovo Monastery, the second largest monastery in Bulgaria after the Rila Monastery.
		Visit the Refectory of the Monastery with its original marble table from the 17th c.
	www.vegena-bg.com /cgi-bin/oneday2.pl?tour=2 (243 words)

	Travel Bulgaria - Bulgarian Monasteries
		The monastery's most treasured historic and artistic monuments include the 14th century Hrelyo Tower, the five-domed Birth of the Blessed Virgin Church and the original monastery kitchens from the 19th century.
		One of the oldest monasteries in Bulgaria, it rises in the picturesque Chaya River Valley, 29 km south of Plovdiv.
		This is one of the few preserved and accessible rock monasteries in Bulgaria, dating from the early Middle Ages and conforming to the hesychastic idea of silence, asceticism and moral perfection.
	julita.usask.ca /Bulgaria/history/monatersies.htm (359 words)

	BGGLOBE - Bulgaria travel guide, аccomodation in Bulgaria, tourism, landmarks, holidays, vacations, sea, mountain, ...
		The village of Bachkovo is situated in the west part of Rhodopes Mountains, 28 km of Plovdiv, 88 km of Sofia, and 9 km of Assenovgrad.
		1 km south of the village of Bachkovo is situated Bachkovo Monastery - the second in size and importance monastery in Bulgaria.
		The spa holiday village of Narechenski bani is 13 south of Bachkovo.
	www.bgglobe.net /viewer.php3?lang=eng&Obj_ID=254&alone=no (195 words)

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