A walk to Glozhene Monastery

The monastery is located near the village Teteven municipality, District Lovech,
12 km from the town of Republic. Situated on the eastern slope of the mountain.
History:
It was founded at the beginning of the XIII century, in 1224 and was reconstructed in XV-XVI
century. Legend are that the monastery was built by the Kievan Prince George Glozh.
The monks' cells were built in 1858. The most prominent figure in Glojen
monastery in the XIX century abbot is Evtimii (Simeonov) from Sopot.The monastery is a favorite place of Vasil Levski.

Here is a small museum of Vasil Drumev, a monk named Clement, who in 1875
until his death was Bishop of Tarnovo diocese.

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