Rila Monastery
The Monastery of Saint John of Rila, also known as Rila Monastery ("Sveti Ivan Rilski", is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria.
- Type: Locality
- Description: Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Monastery of Saint John of Rila”, “Rila monastery”, “Rilo Monastery”, and “Rilski-Monastir”
- Postal code: 2643
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Urdini Lakes and Pastra.
Urdini Lakes
Locality
The Urdini Lakes are a group of glacial lakes, situated in the northwestern Rila Mountains in Bulgaria. They are not as popular with the tourists as the Seven Rila Lakes further west, because they are situated in the most difficultly accessible areas of the mountain range. Urdini Lakes is situated 5 km north of Rila Monastery.
Pastra
Village
Pastra is a small mountain village in the Rila Municipality of Kyustendil Province in south-western Bulgaria. As of 2013, it had 151 inhabitants. It lies at the western foothills of the Rila Mountains on the banks of the Rilska River just outside the borders of the Rila Monastery Nature Park. Pastra is situated 10 km west of Rila Monastery.
Rila Monastery
- Categories: monastery, Eastern Orthodox church building, and Stauropegic monastery
- Location: Rila, Kyustendil, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.13318° or 42° 7′ 59″ north
Longitude
23.34063° or 23° 20′ 26″ east
Elevation
1,147 metres (3,763 feet)
Open location code
8GJ548MR+77
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Rila Monastery” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Rilaklooster”
- Arabic: “دير ريلا”
- Armenian: “Ռիլայի վանական համալիր”
- Basque: “Rilako monasterioa”
- Belarusian: “Рыльскі манастыр”
- Bulgarian: “Manastir Sveti Ivan Rilski”
- Bulgarian: “Rilski Manastir”
- Bulgarian: “Манастир „Свети Йоан Рилски“”
- Bulgarian: “Рилски манастир „Свети Йоан Рилски“”
- Bulgarian: “Рилски манастир”
- Burmese: “ရီလာ ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်း”
- Catalan: “Monestir de Rila”
- Catalan: “Monestir de sant Joan de Rila”
- Chinese: “里拉修道院”
- Croatian: “Manastir Rila”
- Croatian: “Rilski manastir”
- Croatian: “Samostan Rila”
- Czech: “Rilský klášter”
- Czech: “Rilský monastýr”
- Danish: “Rila klosteret”
- Danish: “Rila-klosteret”
- Danish: “Rilaklosteret”
- Dutch: “Rila-klooster”
- Dutch: “Rila”
- Dutch: “Rilaklooster”
- Esperanto: “Rila-monaĥejo”
- Finnish: “Rilan luostari”
- French: “Monastere de Rila”
- French: “monastère de Rila”
- French: “Monastère de Rila”
- Galician: “Mosteiro de Rila”
- Georgian: “რილის მონასტერი”
- German: “Kloster Rila”
- German: “Rila Kloster”
- German: “Rila-Kloster”
- German: “Rilakloster”
- Greek: “Μοναστήρι της Ρίλα”
- Greek: “Μονή Ρίλα”
- Hebrew: “מנזר רילה”
- Hindi: “रीला मठ”
- Hungarian: “rilai kolostor”
- Hungarian: “Rilai kolostor”
- Indonesian: “Biara Rila”
- Italian: “Monastero di Rila”
- Japanese: “リラの僧院”
- Japanese: “リラ修道院”
- Korean: “릴라 수도원”
- Latin: “Monasterium Rila”
- Latvian: “Rilas klosteris”
- Lithuanian: “Rilos vienuolynas”
- Macedonian: “Рилски манастир”
- Maltese: “Monasteru ta‘ Rila”
- Maltese: “Monasteru ta’ Rila”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rila kloster”
- Norwegian: “Rila kloster”
- Ossetian: “Рилæйы моладзандон”
- Persian: “صومعه ریلا”
- Polish: “Monastyr Rylski”
- Polish: “Rilski Monastyr”
- Polish: “Rylski Monastyr”
- Polish: “Рилски манастир”
- Portuguese: “Monastério de Rila”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Rila”
- Romanian: “Mănăstirea Rila”
- Russian: “Рильский монастырь”
- Serbian: “Rilski manastir”
- Serbian: “Манастир Рила”
- Serbian: “Рилски манастир”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rilski manastir”
- Slovak: “Rilský monastier”
- Slovenian: “Rilski manastir”
- Slovenian: “Rilski samostan”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Rila”
- Swedish: “Rilaklostret”
- Turkish: “Rila Manastırı”
- Ukrainian: “Рильський монастир”
- Ukrainian: “Рілскі-Манастір”
- Vietnamese: “Tu viện Rila”
- Western Armenian: “Ռիլա վանք”
- Western Frisian: “Jehannes fan Rila”
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