Global InformationLopushna Monastery information
 Apse view of the Lopushna Monastery cathedral | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lopushna Monastery of Saint John the Forerunner |
| Other names | Лопушански манастир „Свети Йоан Предтеча“ (Bulgarian) |
| Established | 12th–14th century |
| Diocese | Vidin Eparchy, Bulgarian Orthodox Church |
| Controlled churches | Church of Saint John the Forerunner (monastery cathedral) |
| People | |
| Important associated figures | Dionysius (important abbot) Lilo Lazarov (chief architect) |
| Site | |
| Location | Georgi Damyanovo, Montana Province, Bulgaria |
| Coordinates | 43°22′34″N 23°1′10.5″E / 43.37611°N 23.019583°E |
| Public access | yes |
The Lopushna Monastery of Saint John the Forerunner (Bulgarian: Лопушански манастир „Свети Йоан Предтеча“, Lopushanski manastir „Sveti Yoan Predtecha“) is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery in northwestern Bulgaria. It lies in the Chiprovtsi part of the western Balkan Mountains, 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) southwest the village of Georgi Damyanovo, Montana Province.
Founded in the Middle Ages but built in its present appearance throughout the 1850s, the Lopushna Monastery, and particularly its complex main church, are one of the most notable works of the Slavine Architectural School and its most prominent figure, Lilo Lazarov. It was in the construction of the monastery cathedral that Lazarov first employed vernacular Gothic decorative features, a trademark approach of the Slavine School that set it apart from other architectural schools of the Bulgarian National Revival.