Zhabliano Monastery St. John the Baptist

Just under the Kurilovo peak, at the foot of Koniavska Mountain, and only at a 2 km distance southwards of Zhabliano village (Western Bulgaria) is settled the Zhabliano monastery St. John the Baptist. Nobody knows when exactly the monastery was built. During the Ottoman yoke the monastery was destroyed. Later in the 18th century it was renovated. The complex consists of three–nave, coupon church, built in 1884 and some houses. A monastery school was established there during the first half if the 19th century. Since 1879 till his death in 1881 abbot of the monastery was Averkiy Popstoyanov., who was an eminent teacher and an important cultural figure, during the struggles for independent Bulgarian church. After his death he was buried in the church vicinities. The monastery is proclaimed as a monument of culture.