Zelenikovski Monastery "St. John the Baptist"

The monastery "St. John the Baptist” is an active monastery of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the summer residence of the Bulgarian Patriarch. It is located in the picturesque area of "Zelenikovets" in the Troyan part of the Balkan Mountains, about 8 km from the Troyan Monastery and about 5 km from the village of Cherni Osam. The monastery is a complex of a church and several residential outbuildings, the oldest of which dates back to 1872. Zelenikovski Monastery was founded in 1832 by the then abbot of Troyan Monastery Parthenius.