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 .
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Monastere de Rila”, “Monastério de Rila”, “Monastery of Saint John of Rila”, “Monestir de sant Joan de Rila”, “Rila”, “Rila Kloster”, “Rila klosteret”, “Rila monastery”, “Rila-klooster”, “Rila-Kloster”, “Rila-klosteret”, “Rilakloster”, “Rilský monastýr”, “Samostan Rila”, “Μονή Ρίλα”, “Манастир „Свети Йоан Рилски“”, “Манастир Рила”, “Рілскі-Манастір”, and “リラの僧院”
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Urdini Lakes and Pastra.

Locality
The are a group of glacial lakes, situated in the northwestern in . They are not as popular with the tourists as the further west, because they are situated in the most difficultly accessible areas of the mountain range. is situated 5 km north of Rila Monastery.

Village
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is a small mountain village in the of in south-western . As of 2013, it had 151 inhabitants. It lies at the western foothills of the on the banks of the just outside the borders of the Rila Monastery Nature Park. is situated 10 km west of Rila Monastery.

Rila Monastery

Latitude
42.13331° or 42° 7′ 60″ north
Longitude
23.34012° or 23° 20′ 24″ east
Population
20
Open location code
8GJ548MR+82
Open­Street­Map ID
way 432365600
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Wiki­data ID
Q207945
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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: “Рилски манастир „Свети Йоан Рилски“”
  • Bulgarian: “Рилски манастир”
  • Burmese: “ရီလာ ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်း”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Rila”
  • Chinese: “里拉修道院”
  • Croatian: “Manastir Rila”
  • Czech: “Rilský klášter”
  • Danish: “Rilaklosteret”
  • Dutch: “Rilaklooster”
  • Esperanto: “Rila-monaĥejo”
  • Finnish: “Rilan luostari”
  • French: “monastère de Rila”
  • French: “Monastère de Rila”
  • Galician: “Mosteiro de Rila”
  • Georgian: “რილის მონასტერი”
  • German: “Kloster Rila”
  • Greek: “Μοναστήρι της Ρίλα”
  • Greek: “Μονή Ρίλας”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר רילה”
  • Hindi: “रीला मठ”
  • Hungarian: “rilai kolostor”
  • Hungarian: “Rilai kolostor”
  • Indonesian: “Biara Rila”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Rila”
  • 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: “Rylski Monastyr”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Rila”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea Rila”
  • Russian: “Рильский монастырь”
  • Serbian: “Rilski manastir”
  • 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”
  • Vietnamese: “Tu viện Rila”
  • Western Armenian: “Ռիլա վանք”
  • Western Frisian: “Jehannes fan Rila”

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