Pětka or Committee of Five, a Czechoslovak organization
The monastical school (working in 1871–1877), the St Pantaleon, St Petka and St Marina chapels and the 17th-century bell tower of the St Demetrius Church have been restored by a local association; an ethnographic collection and an open air museum of agriculture were set up as well.
During his sojourn in Serbia at Visoki Dečani, he wrote a biography of Stephen Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia, hymn for the church service honoring Stefan of Dečani, a report on the transfer of the remnants of Saint Paraskeva to Serbia, and he also rewrote the Service to St. Petka (Paraskeva).
Among his works are the churches “St. Nikolas” in Balanovo (1844), “St. Nikolas” in Dupnitsa (1844), “St. Petka” in Tran, Bulgaria (1853), “St. Mary” in Boboshevo (1853), “St. Elijah” in Granitsa, Bulgaria (1857).
It is among the 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria; a monument to the event was built in the 1950s and a church dedicated to Saint Petka was constructed in 2003 for the congress' centennial anniversary, as well as a museum.
There are two Serbian Orthodox Churches in the village; Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Jovan and Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Petka.