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Friday, January 22, 2010

Bulgaria: Rila Monastery


Rila Monastery
This famous monastery built Bulgarian students of St. John of Rila (876-946). 
The name comes from an array of Rila mountain.

Symbolic image of St. John of Rila 
can be seen in modern Bulgarian coin lev 1:

(July-August 2009)