Chiprovo monastery "St.Yoan Rilski"
Type: Monastery
Location: Town Chiprovtsi »
In Bulgarian: Чипровски манастир "Свети Йоан Рилски" »
Chiprovoi monastery "St. Ivan Rilski" is an Orthodox monastery from the Vidin diocese. The monastery is situated in the valley of the River Chiprovska ogosta, about 5 km northeast of the town of Chiprovtzi. It can be reached by detour on the road between the villages Belimel and Zhelezna.
The monastery complex consists of a church, monastic cloister, small cemetery and ossuary on the ground-floor, a chapel on the second, tower-bell on the third floor. The complex is surrounded by a stone wall with three entrances.
Nowadays "St. Ivan Rilski" is acting as an orthodox male monastery.
