Bachkovo Monastery

The Bachkovo Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos, archaically the Petritsoni Monastery or Monastery of the Mother of God Petritzonitissa is a major Eastern Orthodox monastery in Southern Bulgaria. It is located on the right bank of the Chepelare River, 189 km from Sofia and 10 km south of Asenovgrad, and is directly subordinate to the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.

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Sources

1. Wikipedia (el) – Μοναστήρι του Μπάτσκοβο (el.wikipedia.org)
2. Wikipedia (en) – Bachkovo Monastery (en.wikipedia.org)
3. Wikipedia (bg) – Бачковски манастир (bg.wikipedia.org)
4. Wikidata – Q47020 (wikidata.org)
5. Wikimedia Commons – Bachkovo Monastery (commons.wikimedia.org)
6. OpenStreetMap – way 426877009 (openstreetmap.org)