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The Monastery is established in XIII century (1230-1250) during the Second Bulgarian Kingdom when Ivan Asen II takes the rule of the country. Its foundation is connected with the name of Prince of Kiev George Gloge, who getting the permission from the Bulgarian King set us down with his retinue at this place. The Prince builds the Monastery "St Preobragenie" on the left side of the Vit River to express his gratitude to the Bulgarian King. According to an ancient story the walls of the Monastery crumble down constantly for unexplainable reasons. One day on God's bidding the icon of St George disappears too. The icon is found out on a high cliff. The mysterious disappearing and returning of the icon is a side to the Prince, so he decides to build a new Monastery on this place. To protect the Monastery Prince George Gloge builds a strong quadrangle tower, which is not existing nowadays. At the beginning of the XIV century, when the country falls under Turkish conquest the Monastery is dead. At the end of the XVIII and the beginning of the XIX century the Monastery is turned into a cultural center.

 
Glogen Mystery

 

In the village of Malki Izvor, which is situated near the Monastery there is a nunnery and a church school. During 1868-1872 Vasil Levsky calls up meetings of the local revolutionary committee in the hiding place of the Monastery. After the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1876 the Glogen Monastery continues its cultural activities. The Monastery Church is build XIII century and it works till 1928 when a destructive earthquake pulls down it. The icons of Christ and Virgin Mary, woodcarvings of the icon, and the icons of apostles are only survived. An unknown icon makes them - painter from the Teteven iconography school (XVIII-XIX cent.). The wonder-working icon of St George is preserved from the foundation of the Monastery. From this time is also kept the stone tunnel called "Prosechenilc", which is the only way into the Monastery. Apostle and Christo Christov and George Isachev make today's mural paintings of the Church. The monastic cells, which surround narrow precincts of a church, are built in 1853 and reconstructed in the period 1930-1965.

 
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