Divotinski monastery
Type: Monastery
Location: Village Divotino »
In Bulgarian: Дивотински манастир »
Divotinski monastery is located near the village of Divotino in Lyulin Mountain, about 2 km southwest of Mihaylovo neighborhood of Bankya.
The monastery was founded in X century. During the Ottoman rule it was destroyed and rebuilt again in the XIX century (1875).
The monastery complex consists of a church, residential and farm buildings. Church has size 16 x 8 meters, a single nave, with two conchas and a turret. Here is stored an icon of St. Mary, considered for miraculous.
Nowadays Divotinski Monastery is a male monastery. It was declared a cultural monument.