ST. JOHN PRODROMOS MONASTERY (Kazimir Popkonstantinov, Rossina Kostova – korina68bg@yahoo.com, Milen Nikolov) Roof-tiles, sherds and coins of the 4th – 3rd centuries BC were found to the north of the basilica and to the east of the Mediaeval church. The explorations of the foundation of the Hellenistic period, 1 m wide, continued to the north of the basilica. A stratum 2 m thick was documented, containing sherds of black-gloss pottery and coins of the 4th – 1st centuries BC. At a later construction stage, the northern aisle and the narthex of the basilica were transformed into a crypt, the two entrances of the narthex and the central entrance were walled, and the nave and the Prothesis were transformed into a chapel. Foundations of earlier buildings and two Christian graves were discovered under the monastery cook-house to the south of the basilica. The surrounding wall which protected the basilica and the other buildings of the 4th – 5th centuries AD was documented to the east of the Presbytery. Once the monks’ cells were built in the eastern part of the monastery, their back side already played the role of surrounding wall. The Southern Building was 20 m by 5.50 m in size and was constructed at 3 m to the north of the second basilica and over the debris of the first basilica. Sherds of the 15th – 17th centuries and a bronze vessel were found and three graves were discovered under the building. Two other graves were discovered under the northern gallery of the Katholikon and two graves were discovered under its western gallery. These graves belonged to the earlier cemetery of the monastery.