Arapovo Monastery, Bulgarian Orthodox monastery in Asenovgrad, Bulgaria

Arapovo Monastery is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery near Asenovgrad featuring a three-naved stone church with three apses. The complex includes residential buildings and a defensive tower in its courtyard that also serves as guest accommodation.

Construction began around 1856 under the hieromonk Sophronius, next to a holy spring near the village then called Arapovo, now Zlatovrah. The main church was completed in 1859, the same year a monastic school opened. Master Stoyu of Yugovo led the building work, using the Gorni Voden Monastery as a model, and the hajduk leader Angel Voyvoda was a ktitor.

The church's frescoes were painted by Georgi Danchov, a personal friend and associate of Vasil Levski, assisted by Aleksi Atanasov of Negush. The south and west walls show saints and patriarchs including Evtimiy and Yoakim of Tarnovo, Marko of Preslav and Ivan Rilski. The scene of Saint Tsar Boris being baptized by Methodius is characteristic of Danchov's work.

The monastery lies about 6 km east of Asenovgrad, on the right side of the road to Parvomay. The main church and the stone tower stand within the monastery courtyard, and the holy spring is nearby. The church was damaged by an earthquake in 1928, so some areas may be uneven.

The monastery occupies an unusual location away from mountains, unlike the mountainous setting typical of other regional monasteries. Its three-story defensive tower with wooden roof construction on the top level is rare in Bulgarian monastery architecture.