Place details
Pomorie - place of history and stories
The St George Monastery in Pomorie is an Orthodox monastery reserved exclusively for men.
It has the typical golden dome of the Russian churches.
But what makes it interesting is mostly the story that tells.
A story about miraculous water
Many years ago, there was a well-off Turk who came to settle down in Pomorie with his family.
This was in the 17th century and at that time Bulgaria formed part of the Ottoman Empire.
This wealthy Turk was suffering from a very serious disease that was impossible to be cured.
One night, he had a dream: in the court of his house was a spring of miraculous water.
In the morning of the next day, he asked his men to dig out the earth where the water was in his dream.
Under a stela of St George, his men found a spring.
The Turk washed his eyes with the miraculous water and … he was cured!
At this spot, a chapel consecrated to St George was built, and the Turk and his family were converted into Christianity.
True or false, today in the monastery there is a spring where visitors come for drinking or washing their eyes.
USEFUL INFORMATION
Type of place :
Religious
St George’s monastery is still operating.
Many icons from XVIII and XIX century are preserved inside.
It is a pilgrimage site for many Orthodox Christians in the region as well as for predominantly Russian-speaking tourists.
The feast of the monastery is the same as the day of the town of Pomorie - the 6th of May (St George Day in Bulgaria).
