”St. St. Kiril and Methodii” Klisurski Monastery is 9 km from Berkovitsa and 12 km from Varshets, at the bottom of Todorini Kukli Peak (1785m) located in the Balkan Mountains. In the 17th century, six monks from another monastery settled in the immediate vicinity, with the intention of rehabilitating the monastery. This intention was prevented by the Chiprovsti uprising of 1688, about which we know from history that it was incendiary and bloody … and a pack of rebellions came here to hide with the six monks. The monks did not say where the rebels left and were burned alive near the monastery. In the place where they were burned, a spring appeared, which proved to have healing qualities. Many people who drank from the waters of the spring were cured of diseases …
