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    The Monastery of Saint John of Rila, also known as Rila Monastery ("Sveti Ivan Rilski" (Bulgarian: Рилски манастир „Свети Иван Рилски“), is the largest...
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  • regional committees. Patron saint Saint John of Rila (Bulgarian: Свети Йоан (Иван) Рилски, sveti Ioan Rilski) (876 – c. 946) was the first Bulgarian hermit...
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    Sultan still viewed Paisie as the Ottoman representative in his relations to Rila Monastery, in Rumelia. In June 1544, Suleiman heard a complaint by Prochorus...
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    in Sofia, and St John of Rila (14th century), which is kept in Rila Monastery. Like the Boyana Church frescoes, St John of Rila uses realism and non-canonical...
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    ISBN 0-8050-6177-0. Published 1997. Ivanov, Emil: Das Bildprogramm des Narthex im Rila-Kloster in Bulgarien unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Wasserweihezyklen...
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    Thracians (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    border of the satrapy consisted of the Axius river and the Belasica-Pirin-Rila mountain ranges till the site of modern-day Kostenets. The importance of...
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