St. Ivan Rilski Chapel [SEP] continent
St. Ivan Rilski Chapel
The St. Ivan Rilski Chapel (St. John of Rila Chapel, ) at the Bulgarian base St. Kliment Ohridski on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands is the first Eastern Orthodox edifice in Antarctica, the southernmost Eastern Orthodox building of worship in the world (cf. Trinity Church, Antarctica), and one of eight churches on Antarctica.
History.
The chapel was named after patron of the Bulgarians, St. Ivan Rilski. It was built with the assistance of the Bulgarian Antarctic scientific team,
Rilski
Rilski may refer to:
- BC Rilski Sportist, Bulgarian basketball club
- PFC Rilski Sportist Samokov, Bulgarian football club
- Ivan Rilski (876- c. 946), Bulgarian hermit and saint
- Neofit Rilski (1793-1881), the Neophyte of Rila, Bulgarian monk and teacher
- Rilski Manastir, also Rila Monastery, the monastery of Saint John of Rila, in Bulgaria
- St. Ivan Rilski Chapel, in the South Shetland Islands
- St. Ivan Rilski Col, geographic feature