SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 25 -- Pope John Paul II made a pilgrimage to one of Bulgaria's holiest sites today, visiting a 1,000-year-old monastery in the southern town of Rila in an effort to end a ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the well-preserved remains of a lost church that is thought to have once formed part of a medieval monastery. The church and monastery, located in the municipality of ...

Rila Monastery was founded in the 10th century by St John of Rila, a hermit canonized by the Orthodox Church. His ascetic dwelling and tomb became a holy site and were transformed into a monastic ...

Michelangelo spent only three years carving David. Da Vinci’s depiction of The Last Supper required just three. This giant model of the Rila Monastery by Bulgarian artist Plamen Ignatov demanded 16 ...