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.
- Locality with 20 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 1,147 metres (3,763 feet)
- Description: Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria
- Postal code: 2643
- Also known as“Monastery of Saint John of Rila”“Rilo Monastery”“Rilski manastir”“Rilski-Monastir”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Urdini Lakes and Pastra.
Urdini Lakes
Locality
The Urdini Lakes are a group of glacial lakes… Urdini Lakes is situated 5 km north of Rila Monastery.
Pastra
Village
Pastra is a small mountain village in the… Pastra is situated 10 km west of Rila Monastery.
Rila Monastery
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Latitude
42.13318° or 42° 7′ 59″ north
Longitude
23.34063° or 23° 20′ 26″ east
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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