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		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.
		It is believed that the founder of Tarnovo Literary School and last patriarch of the mediaeval Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Evtimiy, was exiled by the Turks and died in the monastery in the 14th century.
		Another medieval church of the monastery is the Saint Archangels Church dating back to the 12th century, the ground floor of which was painted by Zahari Zograf and his students in 1841.
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	Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Between the 6th and 9th centuries, Georgia underwent a cultural transformation as monastiscism flourished.
		Important monasteries were founded at a number of locations, notably the Iveron monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, where many important religious works were translated from Greek into Georgian.
		Significant works of hagiographic literature were also produced in Georgian, such as the "Life of Saint Nino" and "Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik".
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	Georgia in the XI-XII centuries - Mariam Lordkiphanidze - www.georgianweb.com
		As in the rest of the Christian world, the churches and monasteries were centres of enlightenment in Georgia.
		These monasteries, which were centres of learning rather than of religion, included the Iberia Monastery on Athos, the Georgian Monastery on the Black Mountain in Syria, the monastery of the Jvari in Palestine and the Petritsoni Monastery in the territory of what is now Bulgaria.
		Carved out of rock, the Vardzia Monastery, with its many cells and exquisitely painted church, is! incontrovertible evidence of the high level achieved by Georgian architecture.
	www.georgianweb.com /history/mariam/chapter5.html (1839 words)

	Georgian Holidays » About Georgia » Folklore
		After Christianity was proclaimed in Georgia in the 4th century a new genre of church chorales developed and achieved great heights.
		Later the musical schools were founded (Gelati, Iqalto - in Georgia; Jerusalem, Atoni mount and Sina mount - in Syria; Petritsoni monastery in Bulgaria).
		Michael Modrekili (IX-X cc.) collected the hymns of his time in a book where lyrics are accompanied by musical notes).
	www.georgianholidays.com /georgia-folklore.php (617 words)

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