Rila municipality is located in South-West Bulgaria in Kyustendil District. The Municipality consists of 5 cities and villages. The regional center of Rila municipality is Town of Rila. Information about Municipality Rila
[1] [2] [3] Culture: Relics of St. Andrew donated to Nesebar Town of Nessebar >> Thursday, 2009-10-08 03:00 Source: StandartNews The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartolomeo will send to the coastal town of Nessebar the holy relics of apostle Andrew the First-Called. At the same time the Patriarchate in Istanbul will receive part of the relics of patriarch Dionysius I of Constantinople, which are preserved at Rila Monastery ( southwestern Bulgaria ). " The exchange of relics will be performed at a special ceremony on October 12 at the Ecumenical Patriarchate ," Bulgaria`s minister without portfolio Bozhidar Dimitrov announced. Minister ... Travel: Rila Monastery finished the renovation of its hotel part Monastery Rilski manastir >> Thursday, 2009-07-16 11:00 Source: touristmedia.info Rila Monastery has finished the renovation of its hotel part, Bulgaria News Agency reported. Plots were returned to Rila Monastery , after which it was able to launch the renovation works. A company has been selected to manage the hotel, staff has been hired as well. The hotel`s accommodation capacity is sufficient for 150 people. Some of the rooms still have not undergone renovation, which is scheduled to take place in 2010.The financial crisis has limited the number of visitors, monastery representat...
Culture: The Ruen monastery near Kyustendil Town of Kyustendil >> Wednesday, 2009-06-17 10:05 Source: BIA The Ruen monastery is situated in the western part of Bulgaria, near the town of Kyustendil . It is one of the most recently established monasteries in Bulgaria. It was built in 2002. The church has an original architecture, nice wall paintings and a beautiful golden altar. A steep path from the monastery leads up to a cave, believed to have been the first shelter of the hermit John of Rila before he settled in the region of the present-day Rila monastery . Further up the hill one reaches a big cross pe...
Culture: The Assumption Church in Saparevo Village of Saparevo >> Monday, 2009-05-25 17:30 Source: BIA The village of Saparevo is several kilometers away from the town of Sapareva Banya . The Assumption Church is the biggest in the municipality and is exceptionally beautiful. The central dome of the church is supported by four columns, crowned with guilt images. It was built in 1861-1864. The church is a scale copy of the church in the Rila Monastery . In decorating the church, the icon-painter and the master-woodcarver also imitated models from the Rila Monastery . In the early 19th century, ther...
Weather: Weather conditions in the mountains are not suitable for tourism mountain Rila >> Friday, 2008-11-21 12:30 Source: News.bg The conditions in the mountains are not suitable for tourism, the Bulgarian Mountain Rescue Service warns. It`s cloudy, with heavy wind in the high parts. The temperatures this morning were -5 to 2C. The Bulgarian Mountain Rescue Service does not recommend long walks, especially in the mountains high parts. The worst weather conditions are in Vitosha , where in the high parts the wind is very strong. It`s very cloudy on "Cherni Vrah" peak. And the temperatures are -3 to 0C. There will be a snow blanket ... 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... 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. 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... 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. 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...[1] [2] [3]
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