Once upon a time, in the late antiquity, during the reign of Emperors Diocletian and Maximilian, in the Roman army served one Egyptian legionary. He was called Minnah from Cotuan. He did not feeling a respect towards the invented idols and gods by which the Roman Empire justified its power and greed. Minnah was a Christian and he left the Imperial Army when Diocletian issued a decree to prosecute and capture all believers in Christ. Minnah retired to the mountain where he gave himself to fasting and prayers. Near to the wolves. Caught and tortured by the Emperor's order, Mina refused to give pagan sacrifices and suffered severely for his faith. After his death, his body was taken off to Alexandria, where it was buried. Not long after, a church bearing the name of Minnah was built in this place, and there were many of miracles. The legends tell that St. Great martyr Minnah resurrected a cruelly murdered merchant, who went to offer him gifts. Another time the saint is prevented a horseman to disgraced a woman. And wherever he is intervened, one side was saved, and the other - without a guilt. With these acts, St. Minnah is recognized as a guardian against the evil. And also for protector of travelers, homeless people, family, unmarried women, poor and childless women. Once upon a time, in the late antiquity, during the reign of Emperors Diocletian and Maximilian, in the Roman army served one Egyptian legionary. He was called Minnah from Cotuan. He did not feeling a respect towards the invented idols and gods by which the Roman Empire justified its power and greed. Minnah was a Christian and he left the Imperial Army when Diocletian issued a decree to prosecute and capture all believers in Christ. Minnah retired to the mountain where he gave himself to fasting and prayers. Near to the wolves. Caught and tortured by the Emperor's order, Mina refused to give pagan sacrifices and suffered severely for his faith. After his death, his body was taken off to Alexandria, where it was buried. Not long after, a church bearing the name of Minnah was built in this place, and there were many of miracles. The legends tell that St. Great martyr Minnah resurrected a cruelly murdered merchant, who went to offer him gifts. Another time the saint is prevented a horseman to disgraced a woman. And wherever he is intervened, one side was saved, and the other - without a guilt. With these acts, St. Minnah is recognized as a guardian against the evil. And also for protector of travelers, homeless people, family, unmarried women, poor and childless women. On the shores of the Vladaya river, in the former village of Obradovtsi (today's Benkovski district in Sofia), villagers find in 1927 the remains of an ancient temple. It was turned out that this is a large monastery complex bearing the name of St. Martyr Minnah. In the 11th century here were many spiritual buildings, school, etc. The complex was part of the ring of monasteries around Sofia, known in the middle Ages as Mala Sveta Gora. Devastated later by the Crusaders and the Ottomans, the monastery complex is almost deserted, while peasants do not find the some of temple remains by the river, and the excavations of Vladaya's riverbed reveal the grandeur of the former complex. In the 40s of the last century, the Monastery "St. Minnah" is built again. Visitors donate icons, carvings, carpets. And every November 11 many believers gather in the monastery "St. Minnah" to pray for their families. The childless are praying for their own offspring, the sick are praying for their health. How you can to get there? With a private car through Benkovski district, then take the way towards Okolovrastno shose. About 2 km away there is a sign and a detour for the monastery. The monastery itself is not visible from the parking lot. You must to passes on a bridge over the Vladaya River and a few meters away you will find yourself in the front of the monastery gates. If you cross the threshold, you will be met from a charming and beautifully paved alley with beech trees and well maintained gardens, which leads to the church's anteroom. Here is rising up the miraculous icon of St. Mina. There are numerous wooden gazebos for visitors, and a stone spring with healing water in the chapel "St. St. Kozma and Damyan", which a chapel is often used for a winter church. The Obradov's Monastery "St. Minnah" is a quiet place with lots of tranquility, where everyone can tell you a story of personal miracles ... and where you to get yours. 

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