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St. Ivan of Rila Assumption: 1070th anniversary

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Today marks 1070 years since the assumption of St. Ivan of Rila, the heavenly guardian of the Bulgarian people. St. Ivan of Rila was born in 876 in the village of Skrino and became a monk as a teenager living as a hermit in Mount Rila, Western Bulgaria. At the beginning of 10 c. he founded a monastery. Burned down and reduced to rubble, today Rila Monastery is on the list of the world’s cultural heritage and the most visited site in Bulgaria. In 2002 Pope John Paul II paid a visit to the celebrated monastery.



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