Balgarianovinite.com Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil will celebrate a patriarchal Divine Liturgy at Rila Monastery on Tuesday to mark the Feast of the Dormition of St John the Miracle Worker of Rila. In 2026, the monastery is commemorating 1,080 years since the death of its founder and the heavenly patron saint of the Bulgarian people.
The celebrations began on Monday evening with an all-night vigil in the monastery church. The main event of the feast day will be Tuesday’s patriarchal Divine Liturgy, dedicated to the memory of Bulgaria’s most revered saint.
St. John of Rila is regarded as the heavenly protector of the Bulgarian people. He lived during the ninth and 10th centuries and is remembered as an example of spiritual perfection and an ascetic life. He was born in the village of Skrino in the Osogovo Mountains, near present-day Boboshevo, in the second half of the ninth century.
From an early age, John devoted his life to the Christian faith and later settled as a hermit in the Rila Mountains, where he laid the foundations of what would become Rila Monastery. Following his death, the saint was buried near the place where he had lived in seclusion. His relics were later discovered incorrupt and transferred to the monastery church, where they remain to this day.
The Feast of the Dormition of St. John of Rila draws large numbers of pilgrims from Bulgaria and abroad to Rila Monastery every year, with visitors gathering to honour the saint’s memory and spiritual legacy. Patriarch Daniil to Celebrate Divine Liturgy at Rila Monastery Marking St. John of Rila’s Feast Day 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-08-18 04:54:02 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law