Saint Ivan Rilski Chapel

The St. Ivan Rilski Chapel at the of , on in the is the first Eastern Orthodox edifice in , the southernmost Eastern Orthodox building of worship in the world, and one of eight churches on Antarctica.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: church in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Saint John of Rila Chapel”, “St. Ivan Rilski Chapel”, and “Параклис Свети Иван Рилски”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pesyakov Hill and St. Kliment Ohridski Base.

Peak
is the ice-free hill rising to 36 m next south-southwest of the 1988 buildings of on , on in the , .

Dwelling
Photo: SnowSwan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a base on in the . The base, originally known as Sofia University Refuge or Hemus Base, was named in 1993 for medieval Bulgarian scholar St.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the second most prominent in the chain of hills surmounting in eastern in the , .

Saint Ivan Rilski Chapel

Latitude
-62.64171° or 62° 38′ 30″ south
Longitude
-60.36518° or 60° 21′ 55″ west
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
Open location code
379X9J5M+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3225258461
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q4902583
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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”

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