Kuklen Monastery of Sts. Cosmas and Damian

 nunnery, Medieval / Middle Ages, listed building / architectural heritage, Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Kuklen Monastersy (aka St. Vrachove) is located in Chernatitsa Part of the northern Rhodope Mountains. It is situated about 3 km south-western of the town of Kuklen, 8 km north-western of town of Asenovgrad and 15 km south of city of Plovdiv.
The original name of the monastery is St. Bezsrebarnitsi according to the preserved donor inscription on the spring. Sts. Silversmiths Cosmas and Damian were chosen as patrons of the monastery because of their healing abilities.
The monastery was founded during the Second Bulgarian Kingdom and is famous since the time of Tsar Ivan Alexander, because of its rich literary school and its cultural influence.
The Kuklen Monastery is named after the holy brothers Cosmas and Damian, who were famous healers and were able to cure all kinds of diseases, including insanity, using the healing waters of the holy spring in the monastery.

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