The Bachkovo Monastery

'The Bachkovo Monastery' edition is an original guidebook. It not only gives information but also introduces in a fascinating manner the readers and the visitors of the Monastery to its richness and multilayered historical, religious and cultural heritage which made the cloister world-famous. The book presents every aspect of the magnificent thousand-year old monument which combines three cultures - Byzantine, Georgian and Bulgarian:

The precise and inspired description by the author illustrated with many pictures manages to represent the unique atmosphere of the Monastery. The examples of the church fine and applied arts which won recognition during the centuries and kept their eternal value in the spiritual and cultural development of Bulgaria and the entire Orthodox world are brought closer to contemporary people.