Neofit Rilski [SEP] date of death
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Neofit Rilski made the first popular translation of the New Testament in modern Bulgarian language (not a mixture between Church Slavonic and vernacular elements), commissioned, edited and distributed by the American missionary Elias Riggs.
Rilski considered Old Church Slavonic as synonymous with Old Bulgarian and he tried to unify Western and Eastern Bulgarian dialects.
Neofit Rilski died in the Rila Monastery on 4 January 1881.
Honour.
Neofit Peak on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands and South-West University "Neofit Rilski"
South-West University &quot;Neofit Rilski&quot;
The South-West University "Neofit Rilski" (Bulgarian "Югозападен университет “Неофит Рилски”") is a university in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. It was founded in 1975.
The patron of the university in Blagoevgrad is the patriarch of the new Bulgarian education: Neofit Rilski / Neophyte of Rila.
History.
The university was first founded as a branch of Sofia University. The first 200 students admitted in 1976/77 had two specialties: pedagogy for the preparation of teachers