A bronze relief of the patron saint of Bulgaria, mounted on a stone wall within the Rila Monastery.
John of Rila, a hermit who lived in the 10th century and the founder of the monastery.
The relief is executed in the typical style of Orthodox icon art, though rendered here as a three-dimensional sculptural work.
The Cyrillic inscription "Сты Рил" is an abbreviation for "Saint Rila" (Sveti Rilski).

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