Yard Bachkovo Monastery of Virgin Mary
The monastery was founded in 1083g. by the Byzantine general of Georgian origin Grigorii Bakuriani and his brother Abaziy.Po during the Second Bulgarian Kingdom, the monastery is pokrovitelstvan of Tsar Ivan Alexander, which demonstrates his image in arkite pritvora of a house as a sign of gratitude for its contribution in the reconstruction of the building . Like many other monasteries in Bulgaria in Bachkovskata obitel also housed a monastery school (age 11). Curious fact is that after the fall of Bulgaria under the Ottoman yoke at the end of the 14th century Patriarch Evtimii sent in Bachkovski monastery in exile. Zatochvaneto him here, however, do not obezkurazhava patriarchy and together with his students develop an active religious and literary activity behind the walls of the monastery.
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