Rila Monastery

Rila Monastery in Bulgaria

Rila Monastery (Rilski Manastir), located in the Rila Mountain, at approximately 120 km south from Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, is the biggest monastery in Bulgaria.The monastery was named after the hermit Ivan of Rila (Ivan Rilski), who founded it in the 10th century and whose relics are exhibited in the main church, here at Rila Monastery. View from the Rila Monastery courtyard Neofit Rilski, 19th-century Bulgarian monk and teacher at the Rila Monastery Rila Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983, has four chapels, about 300 monastic cells, a library, a kitchen and provides sleeping rooms for those who want to...