ST. JOHN PRODROMOS MONASTERY (Kazimir Popkonstantinov, Tsonya Drazheva, Rossina Kostova – korina68bg@yahoo.com) The entrance in the western façade of the basilica was walled. A Christian burial was discovered and the grave was covered with roof-tiles. Sherds of the 13th – 14th centuries were found in the burial pit. A fragment from frescoes was documented on the plinth of the western side of the pilaster, dated to the period when the basilica was reconstructed during the 13th century. A wall was discovered to the east of the Presbytery, which surrounded the basilica and the other buildings of the 4th – 5th centuries AD. The finds discovered in the yard between the basilica and the Mediaeval church included pottery of the 14th – 17th centuries, two coins of the 4th – 5th centuries AD, 40 nummi minted in Constantinople in the period AD 512 – 538, pottery of the 4th – 3rd centuries BC. The last room of the eastern wing of the housing part of the monastery was discovered. The building was burned and then reconstructed, probably in the second half of the 14th or the beginning of the 15th century. The finds discovered in the Diaconicon of the Mediaeval church of the 13th century included sherds of the 16th – 17th centuries, 13th – 14th centuries, 10th century, 5th – 6th centuries AD, a bronze coin of the end of the 4th – 5th century AD. The Diaconicon was built of cut stones with incorporated timber beams. Its foundation was constructed over the foundations of a building of the 4th – 5th century AD, or earlier. Sherds of the 4th – 3rd centuries BC were found as well. Two floor levels were documented in the Presbytery. The southern conch of the nave was built of ashlars and sherds of the 15th – 16th centuries were found. The foundation of the central part of the conch had destroyed an earlier foundation. Sherds of the 5th – 6th centuries AD were found at that level. Sherds of the 4th – 3rd centuries BC were found under the floor of the nave at 2.20 m in depth.