Helpful Posts: Slowly,the road goes up to 3000ft high where the Rila Monastery is.
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24th September 2012, 05:38 AM #341
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24th September 2012, 10:14 AM #342
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Re: Central European Lines
Looks good for a photo
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25th September 2012, 05:49 AM #343
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Re: Central European Lines
To see the reality!
Originally Posted by arith
Looks good for a photo
Thanks
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25th September 2012, 06:02 AM #344
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Re: Central European Lines
At one moment the road passes near a huge wall which being near such a narrow road seems to be higher than in reality.Behind,St.Peter and Paul Ostritza Metoh is hidden."Metoh" means that this convent is under the rule of another Orthodox settlement.It says that it is one of the four monasteries which survived to the Ottoman conquest
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26th September 2012, 06:22 AM #345
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Re: Central European Lines
Getting inside,the visitors will discover the pronaos(an Orthodox church has pronaos ,naos and altar, between altar and naos is catapetasma- an altar screen)
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26th September 2012, 08:40 AM #346
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Wow; it is very bright and I like the convent.
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27th September 2012, 06:40 AM #347
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Re: Central European Lines
Through that low entrance,which forces the visitor to incline himself(in front of the greatness of the God),it passes into the naos.You see it from the altar Originally Posted by arith
PS-Looking at the past,I thought that in the early years of the new Kingdom of Bulgaria,at the Ottoman border,the nowadays concept of religious tolerance,which is in Europe after WW2 especially,was known here,because in 1909,at Sofia the synagogue was built,before Orthodox cathedral!In the same year the Ottomans massacred Armenians at Adana.Last edited by Radu Dinu Cordeanu; 27th September 2012 at 11:50 AM.
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29th September 2012, 06:26 AM #348
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Re: Central European Lines
After a few miles the 75 feet high defense wall of Rila monastery appears.
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30th September 2012, 05:07 AM #349
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This place is known as an Orthodox settlement from 10th c.when here lived the hermit Ivan Rilsky(I presume this is English transliteration of his name)
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1st October 2012, 05:30 AM #350
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This is a renowned institution of the Balkan Orthodoxy.
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1st October 2012, 01:26 PM #351
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75 feet high wall
I like the bottom image above, very impressive.
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2nd October 2012, 06:41 AM #352
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Yes,a foot is around a third of a meter that means 24-25m high.I have over six feet Originally Posted by arith
75 feet high wall I like the bottom image above, very impressive.
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Thanks for your attention and of course interest!
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3rd October 2012, 06:12 AM #353
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Re: Central European Lines
It was built
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4th October 2012, 05:43 AM #354
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Re: Central European Lines
and rebuilt
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5th October 2012, 04:30 AM #355
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for many times.
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5th October 2012, 04:53 AM #356
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I always check in to see what you are up to Radu, it is always interesting. These last few are fascinating architecture. I like the BW the best I think. Crazy lines and curves here.
Paul
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5th October 2012, 10:10 AM #357
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Yes,here,it was combined a kind of folly with a mad trick on a deep religious background and a need of revival which impressed me so I tried to stress this direction.I'm not sure if my English tells you exactly what I felt,but I'm glad the shots did.Thanks for your interest. Originally Posted by jeeperman
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6th October 2012, 06:00 AM #358
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So,what we see and admire now
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6th October 2012, 01:11 PM #359
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Looks like Hogwarts Originally Posted by Radu Dinu Cordeanu
and rebuilt
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6th October 2012, 04:17 PM #360
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Re: Central European Lines
Yes like a place of spirits not of witchcraft Originally Posted by arith
Looks like Hogwarts
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