Bachkovo Monastery

The Bachkovo Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos, archaically the Petritsoni Monastery or Monastery of the Mother of God Petritzonitissa is a major Eastern Orthodox monastery in Southern .
  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of around 410 metres (1,340 feet)
  • Description: Stavropigal monastery in Bulgaria
  • Also known as
    “Bachkovo Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos”
    “Bachkovski Manastir”
    “Batchkovski Monastir”
    “Monastery of the Mother of God Petritzonitissa”
    “Mŭnastir Sveta Bogoroditsa”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bachkovo and Gonda voda.
is a locality, which is situated 4½ km northeast of Bachkovo Monastery.
Spiritia, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 7 km southeast of Bachkovo Monastery.
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Latitude
41.93333° or 41° 56′ north
Longitude
24.85° or 24° 51′ east
Open location code
8GH6WRMX+8X
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In Other Languages

From Bashkir to Vietnamese—“Bachkovo Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Bashkir: “Бачков монастыры”
  • Belarusian: “Бачкоўскі манастыр”
  • Bulgarian: “Бачковски манастир „Успение Богородично“”
  • Bulgarian: “Бачковски манастир”
  • Catalan: “monestir de Bàtxkovo”
  • Catalan: “monestir de la Mare de Déu de Petritzós”
  • Chinese: “巴奇科沃修道院”
  • Croatian: “Bačkovski manastir”
  • Czech: “Bačkovský klášter”
  • Danish: “Bachkovo klosteret”
  • Danish: “Batjkovo-klosteret”
  • Dutch: “Bachkovo Monastery”
  • Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Baĉkovo”
  • French: “Monastère de Bachkovo”
  • French: “Monastère de Batchkovo”
  • Georgian: “ბაჩკოვოს მონასტერი”
  • Georgian: “პეტრიწონის მონასტერი”
  • German: “Batschkovo-Kloster”
  • German: “Batschkowo-Kloster”
  • German: “Kloster Batschkowo”
  • Greek: “Moναστήρι Μπάτσκοβο”
  • Greek: “Moνή Μπάτσκοβο”
  • Greek: “Μοναστήρι του Μπάτσκοβο”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר באצ’קובו”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Bachkovo”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Bačkovo”
  • Japanese: “バチコヴォ修道院”
  • Latvian: “Bačkovo klosteris”
  • Macedonian: “Бачковски манастир”
  • Persian: “صومعه باچکوو”
  • Polish: “Monaster Zaśnięcia Matki Bożej w Baczkowie”
  • Polish: “Monastyr Baczkowski”
  • Russian: “Бачковский монастырь”
  • Serbian: “Бачковски манастир”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan Bačkovo”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Bachkovo”
  • Swedish: “Bachkovoklostret”
  • Turkish: “Baçkovo Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Бачковський монастир”
  • Vietnamese: “Tu viện Bachkovo”

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