Klisurski Monastery — Attraction in Berkovitsa

The impressive Klisurski/Vrestictski monastery is located in an incredibly beautiful part of Stara Planina mountain, easily accessible by an asphalted and well-marked road. Built in the 13th century, with the fall of Bulgaria under Turkish slavery from 1396, which rule was extremely cruel, the temple was burned, devastated, destroyed, deserted and rebuilt many times. The last re-built took place in 1867. The churches are incredibly beautiful. The monastery has a rich collection of many relics. The monastery courtyard and surrounding meadows are magically energizing and calming - beautiful, clean, tranquill and quiet. You can spend the night(s) in the monastery, paying peanuts price and the rooms are spotless clean, simple but offer everything you need for a pleasant rest and sleep. Nearby there are restaurants with a big menu and good quality food. The monastery shop offers a wide variety of drinks and jams made by the nuns in the monastery using very old authentic recipes. A gorgeous, energizing place, whether visited for a few hours...

The Klisura monastery stands below the Todorini Kukli peak at the Balkans, and from a far you may feel it's just a small monastery, but in fact it's the 4th largest in Bulgaria. Historically, it's built in the 13th century, and on numerous times destroyed during the Ottoman yoke, but after the liberation of Bulgaria, its rebuilt at the end of the 19th century, and currently it's freshly renovated as well. (The church renovation just finished)

The Klisura is indeed a special monastery, currently a women's monastery, and has a special air within it. Maybe it's because one can feel the blessing of the martyrs who were killed a bit to the north of the monastery (there's a miraculous water fountain at the place) or maybe it's monastic life that's very developed here, but the nature and the spirit just give away a sense of blessing. This is a place to come and feel at peace with yourself, to be welcomed very warmly, and to be able to even order a specially drawn...

Klisurski monastery "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" was functioning as a male monastery hostel until 2008. Since then it was transformed to convent. There is a icon workshop in the monastery where sisterhood paints the icons in the tradition of the ancient Ohrid School.

This is fourth largest monastery in Bulgaria and it is located at the foot of the mountain peak Todorini kukli (1785 m), east of the village of Barzia, 9 km away from Berkovitsa, 12 km from Varshets and about 85 km from the capital city of Sofia.

The monastery dates back to the Second Bulgarian Empire (1240). During the Ottoman rule it was repeatedly destroyed, but was completely rebuilt in the XIX century by Alexander Damianov (monk Antim) from Berkovitsa. In 1869 was built the magernitsta, then the chapel St. Nicholas, and the holy spring. From 1887 to 1890 was built the church St. Apostles Cyril...