Patleyna Monastery, Orthodox monastery in Patleyna, Shumen Province, Bulgaria

Patleyna Monastery sits on a narrow rocky terrace below a mountain slope in Shumen Province, northeastern Bulgaria, and consists of a cross-shaped church and residential buildings in traditional Bulgarian style. The grounds are surrounded by wooded hills and can only be reached on foot.

The monastery was founded in the 20th century in a region that was a central part of the First Bulgarian Empire during the medieval period. The area around Shumen has long been tied to Bulgarian religious and political history.

The monastery is named after Saint Panteleimon and gave its name to the Patleyna area. The 20th-century building never served as a monastery and never had a church, so there are no services or icons to see. From 2016 Archimandrite Konstantin has cared for it and restoration work is under way.

The building stands about 6 km south of Veliki Preslav, on the right bank of the Golyama Kamchia in the Patleyna area of the Dragoevska mountains. It is not an active monastery: after 1989 it was deactivated by the municipality and remains unused, so there are no services or visitor facilities. Since 2016 Archimandrite Konstantin has been working on its restoration, and the site may be closed off at times.

The monastery stands close to ruins from the First Bulgarian Empire period that are visible along the paths surrounding the grounds. These remains show that the site held religious and political importance long before the current monastery was built.