Shipka Monastery

On this page are some images I took in Shipka Monastery in Bulgaria. This Monastery was beautiful inside and out, and you can see how much effort was put into this church. Every detail was thought about carefully.  Shipka Monastery is a Bulgarian Orthodox church built near the town of Shipka. This monastery was dedicated to the Russian and Bulgarian soldiers that died for the liberation of Bulgaria in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78. The churches have a bell tower and are one the heaviest of which it weighs 12 tons. It was cast from the cartridges that were collected after the battles of the Russo-Turkish War. From some of my image you can see that in the temple itself, the names of the Russian regiments and Bulgarian volunteers are inscribed on 34 marble plates.