Glozhene Monastery:
Bulgaria
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The Glozhene Monastery is a very old monastery found near Glozhene village on the slopes of
the Stara Planina mountain range.
Unlike other monasteries in Bulgaria, there is a lot of mystery surrounding the history of the
Glozhene monastery and how it was founded although one legend does show up time and
again as the possible truth behind this great monasteries past.
the Stara Planina mountain range.
Unlike other monasteries in Bulgaria, there is a lot of mystery surrounding the history of the
Glozhene monastery and how it was founded although one legend does show up time and
again as the possible truth behind this great monasteries past.
The legend has it that the Glozhene monastery was actually built by a Ukranian Knyaz by the
name of Gerogi Glozh with the permission of the Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen the second in the
early years of the thirteenth century.
When the monastery was originally built it was done so in the name of Saint George and
housed his icon which Knyaz Glozh had bought with him to Bulgaria. Over the next century the
icon of Saint George kept disappearing from the monastery, every time this happened it would
be found in the same spot on a hill not far away, near the village of Glozehene.
name of Gerogi Glozh with the permission of the Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen the second in the
early years of the thirteenth century.
When the monastery was originally built it was done so in the name of Saint George and
housed his icon which Knyaz Glozh had bought with him to Bulgaria. Over the next century the
icon of Saint George kept disappearing from the monastery, every time this happened it would
be found in the same spot on a hill not far away, near the village of Glozehene.
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The monks saw this as a sign from the Lord and decided to move the monastery to the spot
where the icon kept being found, this new monastery was built in the fourteenth century and was
called Glozhene monastery. When the Glozhene monastery was built it had a tunnel joining it to
the older monastery, this tunnel was used by the great Vasil Levski during his daring missions
to liberate Bulgaria.
The Glozhene monastery is one of Bulgaria's important Eastern Orthodox monasteries and
carries a lot of religious and cultural significance as it has stood against the ravages of time to
still be standing today.
where the icon kept being found, this new monastery was built in the fourteenth century and was
called Glozhene monastery. When the Glozhene monastery was built it had a tunnel joining it to
the older monastery, this tunnel was used by the great Vasil Levski during his daring missions
to liberate Bulgaria.
The Glozhene monastery is one of Bulgaria's important Eastern Orthodox monasteries and
carries a lot of religious and cultural significance as it has stood against the ravages of time to
still be standing today.
