Balgarianovinite.com The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) has restored and illuminated the sign for “Forest of the Bulgarian News Agency” above the town of Rila using solar-powered lights. The lettering on the restored sign uses BTA’s LIK font. This took place on the eve of the launch of the August issue of of the Agency’s LIK magazine, dedicated to St. John of Rila and the Rila Monastery he founded.
This year marks the saint’s 1,080th death anniversary and 1,150 years since 876, the year in which he is believed to have been born.
On April 11, 2018, as part of Forest Week, BTA journalists and then-Director General Maxim Minchev (1953-2020) planted 120 saplings of fruit-bearing tree species: wild cherry, apple, and plum. The planting took place along the Krasta nature trail. Legend has it that St. John of Rila, the patron saint of the Bulgarian people and founder of the Rila Monastery, once walked along this trail. Near the newly planted forest, there is also a spring with holy water, from which, according to legend, the saint himself drank.
The initiative to reforest the Krasta nature trail was also part of the events marking BTA’s 120th anniversary and was carried out in partnership with the Southwestern State Enterprise. The saplings were produced at the nursery of the Rila Monastery State Forestry Enterprise, where they were grown for three years. The forest was planted on land at an elevation of 600 metres above sea level, above the Rilska River valley.
The August issue of BTA’s magazine, art and culture will be presented at 4 p.m. on August 18, the Feast of the Dormition of St. John of Rila. The event will take place in the Rila Monastery library, with BTA’s national press clubs in Bulgaria and abroad joining by video link. Special guests will include Bulgarian Patriarch and Sofia Metropolitan Daniil, Metropolitan Seraphim of Nevrokop, and Bishop Evlogii of Adrianople, Abbot of Rila Monastery. Bulgarian News Agency Restores, Illuminates BTA Forest Sign near Rila Monastery 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-08-14 14:31:00 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