Monastery of St.. Luke in the village boundary
   Photo: Monastery. Luke in the village boundary

Monastery of St. Luke declared a cultural monument, located at the northern foot of the mountains Osogovo, in an area called "Empty Monastery." Eight kilometers south of the monastery is the town of Kyustendil, and four kilometers to the south-west - the village boundary.

It is believed that the Orthodox monastery was founded in the X century. In the immediate vicinity of the medieval fortress scientists found the borders that existed during the time of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom. It was designed to control the path of Velbuzha (fortified city, located on the site of the modern Kyustendil) in Stip. During the period of Ottoman rule the monastery was repeatedly subjected to destruction. Last time it was reduced in 1948. There is a tradition that studied here Ivan Rilski - one of the most revered saints in Bulgaria.

Currently, the monastery is acting. In addition to the buildings intended for housing, in the monastery complex includes a small single-nave church with a semi-cylindrical beskupolnaya apse and an attached bell tower. In the courtyard stands Cesme - traditional Bulgarian fountain with a tap from which drinking water is running. Cheshma named in honor of the three monks from the village boundary, which restored the monastery - Joseph, David, and Theophan. In the landscaped grounds there is a gazebo, benches and tables.

A curious fact - in the monastery garden was found two treasures: a few silver Venetian coins of the XIV century and a lot of coins Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnenus, Manuel I Komnenos, Andronicus I Comnenus and Isaac II Angelos.

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