Buhovski monastery "St. Mary Magdalene"-History

There is a tradition that there was a Christian sanctuary of IV- th century , probably the first monastery on our zemi.Tsaritsa Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine the Great on a visit to Serdica was sick and passing away, she filed from spring water .
Not long after the disease is cured , then immediately ordered to build a large temple dedicated to the " Forty Martyrs ." It lasted until the Ottoman conquest , he was burned , and inside left more than 300 followers Christ.
    The Monastery "St. Mary Magdalene " is formed as part of the Sofia Minor Mount Athos in XIV- th century , when the construction of monasteries and spiritual centers played a crucial rolya.Turskite invaders repeatedly destroyed it , as in 1881 . locals built a church on the ruins of the old temple.

Stones have mica and church shone in the sun .. so it was called "Glass Monastery"