mystic monk on prayer Glogen Monastery Bulgaria
The Monastery is established in XIII century (1230-1250) during the Second Bulgarian Kingdom when Ivan Asen II takes the rule of the country. At the end of the XVIII and the beginning of the XIX century the Monastery is turned into a cultural center. In the village of Malki Izvor, which is situated near the Monastery there is a nunnery and a church school. The Monastery Church is build XIII century. The monastic cells, which surround narrow precincts of a church, are built in 1853 and reconstructed in the period 1930-1965.
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