Etropole Monastery

Etropole Monastery of the Holy Trinity

Overview of the Etropole Monastery with the main church and the living quarters
Location within Bulgaria
Monastery information
Other names	Varovitets
Order	Bulgarian Orthodox
Denomination	Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Established	12th or 13th century
Dedicated to	Holy Trinity
Celebration date	Pentecost
Controlled churches	1 main church, 2 chapels
People
Important associated figures	Vasil Levski
Site
Location	Near Etropole, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
Coordinates	42°49′25.6″N 24°2′13.9″E / 42.823778°N 24.037194°E / 42.823778; 24.037194

The Etropole Monastery of the Holy Trinity (Bulgarian: Етрополски манастир „Света Троица”, Etropolski manastir „Sveta Troitsa”), also known as Varovitets (Варовитец), is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery near the town of Etropole in west-central Bulgaria. The monastery was founded in the 12th or 13th century, its heyday being from the 16th to the 18th century when, thanks to its prolific scriptoria, it was the dominant literary centre of Ottoman-ruled northern Bulgaria. In its present form, the monastery includes a large mid-19th-century church and two chapels.