Paroria (region)

Paroria
Парория
The Chapel of Saint George near Zabernovo stands on one of Paroria's traditional holy sites
Location	Bulgaria
Nearest city	Zabernovo
Coordinates	42°6′0″N 27°32′13″E / 42.10000°N 27.53694°E / 42.10000; 27.53694 (Paroria)

Paroria (Bulgarian: Парория, Greek: Παρορία) is a protected area in the Strandzha Mountains of southeastern Bulgaria. It is known for its old-growth forests and also for being a 14th-century monastic center led by Gregory of Sinai and his disciples such as Romylos of Vidin. The Serbian monk Grigorije of Gornjak also lived in Paroria.

Paroriais located just to the west of the villages of Zabernovo and Kalovo in Malko Tarnovo Municipality, Burgas Province (less than 30 km from the border with Turkey).^[1]