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| Culture: Over 80,000 tourists visit Rila Monastery each year Monastery Rilski manastir >> Friday, 2008-07-11 14:43 Source: bgNewsNet.com |
| The hegumen of the Rila Monastery Bishop Evlogii commented on the visitors and history of the place, Information Agency Focus reported. The beginning of the story dates back to more than 1000 years ago. The founder of the monastery was St. Ivan Rilski who lived around year 870 and died in 946. He established the monastery in the northwestern Rila Mountains , 117 km south of the capital Sofia , together with about 50 of his students followers. St. Ivan Rilski left a written testament in the form of spi... |
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| Travel: A New Tourist Attraction - Train Trip to Rila Monastery Monastery Rilski manastir >> Sunday, 2008-07-06 21:53 Source: StandartNews |
| Tourists can now enjoy a comfy trip to the Rila Monastery, by a train the former Department for Security and Protection used to transport the communist nomenklatura. Now it is a tourist attraction and the first to try it were Spanish tourists who paid about 60 euros to have a trip to Bulgaria`s past. The train used by the communist elite was manufactured in 1959 in Austria. |
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| Society: Three Most Sacred Bulgarian Icons Are On Display in Sofia City of Sofia >> Friday, 2008-07-04 12:39 Source: Novinite.com |
| The three most sacred Bulgarian miracle icons with the image of the Virgin Mary from the monasteries of Bachkovo , Troyan and Rila are already in Sofia , in the shrine and monument " St. Alexander Nevski ." The icons arrived in Sofia in armored cars under the strictest security measures late Thursday afternoon. At 6 pm Thursday Patriarch Maxim held a public prayer for the health and the well being of the Bulgarian youth and the cure of the sick children. The prayer was part of the new initiative o... |
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| Society: Three miraculous icons of Virgin Mary will be displayed in Sofia on July 3rd City of Sofia >> Tuesday, 2008-07-01 12:47 Source: Focus Agency |
| The three miraculous icons of Virgin Mary will be displayed in Sofia for a second time. The three icons, coming from the monasteries of Rila, Bachkovo and Troyan, will be displayed at the Alexander Nevski cathedral on July 3rd. The three icons were displayed in Sofia for the first time last year. |
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| Society: Bulgaria Chooses Madara Horseman for National Symbol at Euro Coin Design Municipality Rila >> Sunday, 2008-06-29 22:07 Source: Novinite.com |
| Bulgaria chose Sunday the Madarski Konnik ( Madara Horseman ) for the design of the future Bulgarian Euro coins after a one-year debates in the framework of the national symbol campaign. The relief near Bulgaria`s town of Shumen gathered a total of 25% of all citizens across the country, who voted for months to choose between the rose, the Rila monastery , Madara Horseman and the Cyrillic alphabet. The final discussion is to take place in the National museum of History, as Bulgaria`s President Geo... |
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| Society: The Three Miracle-Working Icons to Come to Sofia Again City of Sofia >> Monday, 2008-06-23 00:38 Source: StandartNews |
| The three holiest to the Bulgarian people miracle-working icons of Virgin Mary are to be brought to Sofia once again. On July 3 the icons will leave their respective homes - the Bachkovo , Troyan and Rila monasteries - by armoured vehicles and with police escort to be displayed in front of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral for a mass prayer dedicated to the children of Bulgaria, which Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria will service himself. It will be a prayer for the well-being and health of the Bulgarian chi... |
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| Culture: Rila monastery, a personal view Monastery Rilski manastir >> Monday, 2008-06-16 14:42 Source: Margarita Dikanarova - BNR |
| Rila Monastery is the biggest and most revered one in Bulgaria. It nestles in a forested valley by the foaming Rila River in the heart of the Rila Mountain . The monastery is an artistic and architectural jewel with balconies buildings encircling a large central courtyard, stunning murals, whitewashed walls and graceful colonnades decorated with black, white and red stripes. Ivan Rilski (John of Rila in English), 880-946 AD, the Bulgarian hermit, healer and Christian mystic established the first asceti... |
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| Culture: Bulgarian Famous Rila Monastery Presented in Brussels Monastery Rilski manastir >> Thursday, 2008-05-22 12:43 Source: News.bg |
| Model of the Bulgarian Rila monastery will take its place in the “Mini Europe” park in Brussels. The copy of the monastery, which will be presented by the minister of culture Stefan Danailov is of the scale 1:25. This is the first model of orthodox object in “Mini Europe”. The Rila monastery model will be on an area of 20 sq. m. with a height of 1 m. In order the visitors to see in full details the model, including the inside building and the frescoes, a special platform will be raised around the model... |
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| Society: 6th National Orthodox Church Council in Rila Monastery continues Monastery Rilski manastir >> Saturday, 2008-05-17 10:00 Source: Focus Agency |
| The 6th National Orthodox Church Council in the Rila Monastery continues. Discussions about Church rules continue also. The forum started on May 14. The changes in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church statutes will be conformable with the requirement of the time and the requirement of the Law for Eclesiastical Matters, support of Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Religion classes at school, the social activities of the Church, Bulgarian Orthodox Church activity in emigration, condition of eparchies abroad, publishing of theological literature, etc. Participation in the event will take not only archpresbyters and the priesthood of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, as well as representatives of laymen. |
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| Politics: The President Parvanov at the opening of the 6th Church- Social Fair in Rila Monastery Monastery Rilski manastir >> Tuesday, 2008-05-13 12:48 Source: Focus Agency |
| On the 14th of May(Wednesday) at 14.00 o` clock the President of Republic of Bulgaria will participate at the opening of the Sixth National Orthodox Church Council in Rila Monastery. He was invited by the His Holiness Patriarch Maksim, reported from the Presidency. Later during the day- at 13.00 o` clock at Dundukov 2 the President will meet the world champion in chess Boris Spassky. |
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