Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil, who is also Metropolitan of Sofia, arrived at the Rila Monastery in Southwestern Bulgaria on Monday for celebrations dedicated to St John of Rila (876-946).
Solemn services at the country’s largest and most important monastery are marking its feast day and the day on which the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honours St John of Rila the Miracle Maker, the heavenly patron of the Bulgarian people. On October 19, the Church commemorates the transfer of the saint’s holy relics from Rila to Sredets. This year is 1,150 years since St John’s birth and 1,080 years since his repose.
Bartholomew and Daniil were welcomed at the Dupnitsa Gate of the monastery by hierarchs of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. They included Metropolitan Ioan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, Metropolitan Serafim of Nevrokop, Metropolitan Grigorii of Vratsa, Metropolitan Arsenii of Sliven, Bishop Evlogii of Adrianople, abbot of Rila Monastery, Bishop Vasilii of Dragovitia, abbot of Troyan Monastery, Bishop Gerasim of Melnik, Chief Secretary of the Holy Synod, Bishop John of Branitsa, first vicar to the Metropolitan of Sofia, Bishop Isaac of Velbazhd, second vicar to the Metropolitan of Sofia, Bishop Polikarp of Belogradchik, vicar to the Metropolitan of Plovdiv, Bishop Ierothey of Znepole, Bishop Clement of Levski, vicar to the Metropolitan of the United States, Canada and Australia, and Bishop Bogoslov of Markianopolis, vicar to the Metropolitan of Stara Zagora.
The festive services began on Sunday night with an all-night vigil featuring the blessing of five loaves. A festive patriarchal concelebrated Divine Liturgy is currently being held in the monastery’s main church.
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