The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
is greeting all Orthodox Christians on occasion of 19. X.- the day of The First Removal of the relics of Rev. John of Rila, the Miracleworker ( from the Rila Monastery to Sofia in year 980 )
THE TROPARION OF OUR REV. FATHER JOHN OF RILA
TONE 1.
A foundation of the repentance, an example of the tenderness, a model of the consolation and of the spiritual perfection, oh Reverend Father, was your equal to the Angels life therefore staying in prayers and fasts and in tears pray to the Christ God for our souls.
THE LIFE OF SAINT JOHN OF RILA