Gabra Monastery of Saint Demetrius

Bulgaria / Sofijska oblast / Elin Pelin /
 church, Bulgarian Orthodox Church
In 1866 Gabra (Gabrenski) Monastery was erected at the site of an old chapel of St. Marina (according to some sources of St. Mina) and was called to St. Demetrius. Church is painted by icon-painter Kostantin Gerov-Kostakiya and his students which can be found in Donor's inscription at the main entrance of the temple.

The monastery had a separate building for housing, another for hoteling guests and magernitsa. There was a 500 ha forest, about 100 ha of fields and meadows, 50-60 cattle and more than 100 sheep. Today only the church of the monastery and the foundations of magernitsa, recently destroyed during the communist regime are preserved.

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Coordinates:   42°31'34"N   23°38'2"E
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