for example, one lion, out of use, with the image of ivan rilsky , the most revered and beloved of bulgariahe morning and works almost until sunset, capital residents also come here, visitors from all over bulgaria and numerous foreign tourists. each of the items sold here has its own story , a very large number of icons of the virgin mary jesus christ archangel michael nikolai ugodnik and, of course, ivan risks without him immediately catches the eye. and without risk, the bulgarians do not represent their country. the roman monastery is located in the vicinity of the city of blagoevgrad, 119 km south of sophie, about halfway between the capital and plovdir. for almost 11 centuries, the risks, the monastery, is considered the main bulgarian. cloisters rila monastery, the shrine of the bulgarian people and the largest monastic monastery, it was founded by the monk ivan risky. he led a charitable life and was canonized for his deeds with his imperishable relics for almost 1070 years. now they are kept in our church. the bishop of adrianople hegumen risk the monastery says that at first ivan

here they were kept and exhibited to worship the relics of ivan rilsky, the most beloved by the bulgarians relics of st. serbian king stefan uroshami lutin. it was also here that the deceased alexander batenberg, the first bulgarian prince, was worshiped after the liberation from ottoman rule from the rich ancient and early christian heritage. sophia has preserved a lot of interesting things, but alas, not so many buildings could have been much more if it were not for the ottoman invasion, because the turks built their own city here. since for the ottomans sofia was also important. here was the residence, managing all the european possessions of the illustrious port palace, bey just stood on the site of the current royal palace, which was erected after the departure of the turks, and today it has been turned into a museum, opposite this rather modest building there is a square where the mausoleum of the main bulgarian communist stood until recently. george dimitrov near him in the days of socialism there was a guard of honor, which has now moved to the building of the administration of the