Saint Ivan Rilski Chapel
The St. Ivan Rilski Chapel at the St. Kliment Ohridski Base of Bulgaria, on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands is the first Eastern Orthodox edifice in Antarctica, the southernmost Eastern Orthodox building of worship in the world, and one of eight churches on Antarctica.Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Orthodox
- Description: church in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Saint John of Rila Chapel” and “St. Ivan Rilski Chapel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pesyakov Hill and St. Kliment Ohridski Base.
Pesyakov Hill
Peak
Pesyakov Hill is the ice-free hill rising to 36 m next south-southwest of the 1988 buildings of St. Kliment Ohridski Base on Bulgarian Beach, Hurd Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
St. Kliment Ohridski Base
Dwelling
Photo: SnowSwan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Kliment Ohridski Base is a Bulgarian Antarctic base on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. The base, originally known as Sofia University Refuge or Hemus Base, was named in 1993 for medieval Bulgarian scholar St.
Sinemorets Hill
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sinemorets Hill is the second most prominent in the chain of hills surmounting Bulgarian Beach in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Saint Ivan Rilski Chapel
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-62.64171° or 62° 38′ 30″ southLongitude
-60.36518° or 60° 21′ 55″ westElevation
24 metres (79 feet)Open location code
379X9J5M+8WOpenStreetMap ID
node 3225258461OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=orthodoxWikidata ID
Q4902583
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Saint Ivan Rilski Chapel” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Свети Иван Рилски (Антарктида)”
- Bulgarian: “Свети Иван Рилски (остров Ливингстън)”
- Bulgarian: “Свети Иван Рилски”
- Chinese: “圣伊凡·里尔斯基教堂”
- Chinese: “聖伊凡·里爾斯基教堂”
- French: “chapelle Saint-Jean-de-Rila de Saint-Clément-d’Ohrid”
- French: “Chapelle Saint-Jean-de-Rila de Saint-Clément-d’Ohrid”
- German: “St.-Iwan-Rilski-Kapelle”
- Japanese: “リラの聖イオアン聖堂”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “St. Ivan Rilski-kapellet”
- Russian: “Часовня святого Иоанна Рыльского”
- Russian: “Часовня Святого Иоанна Рыльского”
- Slovenian: “kapela sv. Ivana Rilskega”
- Spanish: “Capilla San Juan de Rila”
- Swedish: “Helige Ivan Rilskis kapell”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Residential building and Grand Lagoon.
Nearby Places
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