The Krushuna waterfalls and the “Maarata” natural landmark are located near the village of Krushuna.The natural landmark “Maarata” covers an area of 5.7 hectares. The name derives from Turkish and means a “cave”. There are a lot of caves nearby, the most famous of which are “The waterfall”, “Urushka Maarata”, “Gornik” and “Bonin”.The beautiful Krushuna waterfalls can be reached by an eco path, strating from the village. The highest waterfall is 20 metres, the water forms two separate sleeves, where you can be observed smaller waterfalls.There are still remains of the medieval cells of monks Hesychasts from XIII and XIV century in the surrounding area.
The word hesychast comes from the Greek for stillness and quiet. The hesychast monks believed that God could only be reached by means of deep internal stillness through prayer. They sought quietude in seclusion, away from secular life. Krushuna hesychast had a number of local followers. The numerous niches in the rocks that were so made that they could serve as shelter in bad weather testify to that. Today nothing but the ruins of monastic cells has left from the medieval hesychast monastery.
