Kilifarevo Monastery
Килифаревски манастир
A 14th-century monastery about 15 km south of Veliko Tarnovo, once a famous medieval school for scholarship and calligraphy.
The monastery was founded in 1350 by St. Theodosius. At its peak it had several hundred students, and it trained the future patriarch Euthymius. The present buildings date from the 19th century. The three churches and the tidy, quiet garden are the highlights, and the main church contains Revival-period icons. Entry is free. It can be reached by car or taxi and can be linked with Dryanovo Monastery and Tryavna as a southern route day trip.
Opening hours
About 08:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- Museum of the Revival and Constituent Assembly
- Sarafkina House
- Monument of the Asens
- Trapezitsa Fortress
- Gurko Street
- Samovodska Charshiya
- Tsarevets Fortress
- Church of the Holy Forty Martyrs