The Hermit Who Said No to a Tsar | Ivan of Rila and the Rila Monastery, Bulgaria

Around the year 900, a shepherd from the village of Skrino left everything behind and went to live alone in a cave in the Rila mountains of Bulgaria. Mila tells the story of Ivan of Rila from the Rila Monastery: the hollow oak, the cave, the animals and the sick who came to him, and the day he refused to meet Tsar Petar the First and sent back his gold. Then she follows the long journey of his relics and looks at the real layer: a surviving Testament, and miracle stories that come from lives written centuries later. Welcome to Heimweer Stories, with Mila. CHAPTERS 0:00 The crack in the rock 1:07 Hi, I'm Mila: the Rila Monastery 2:24 The shepherd who chose the forest 4:39 The cave fills up 6:54 The tsar who was refused 9:32 The journey of the relics 11:42 The real layer: what we know 14:20 Until the next story IMAGES Period art, photographs and documents via Wikimedia Commons, all public domain unless listed here. - Building inscription on Hrelyo's Tower, 1334, Todor Bozhinov / Тодор Божинов (CC BY-SA 4.0) - Ceiling mural, Rila Monastery, Alexander Klink (CC BY 4.0) - Detail of a mural by Zahari Zograf, Transfiguration Monastery, 2, Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0) - Detail of a mural by Zahari Zograf, Transfiguration Monastery, Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0) - Fresco by Zahari Zograf, Transfiguration Monastery, Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0) - Frescoes of Rila Monastery, onbekend (CC BY-SA 3.0) - Mother of God, Christ and Saint Ivan of Rila, lunette fresco, Stohristina (CC BY-SA 4.0) - Narthex frescoes, Rila Monastery, onbekend (CC BY-SA 3.0) - Religious fresco, Rila Monastery, Νικόλαος Κυριακάκης (CC BY-SA 4.0) - Saint Ivan of Rila above the gate, fresco, Rila Monastery, Mark Ahsmann (CC BY-SA 4.0) - Saint Ivan of Rila among the wild animals, fresco, Rila Monastery, Mark Ahsmann (CC BY-SA 4.0) - Saint Ivan of Rila, fresco in the Nativity church, Rila Monastery, Kritzolina (CC BY-SA 4.0) - Saint Ivan of Rila, fresco, Edal Anton Lefterov (CC BY-SA 3.0) - Saint Ivan of Rila, fresco, Saint George church in Kyustendil, MrPanyGoff (CC BY-SA 3.0) - Saint Ivan of Rila, icon, Historical Museum Dupnitsa, Historical Museum, Dupnitsa (CC BY-SA 4.0) - Saint Ivan of Rila, mural, Historical Museum Dupnitsa, Historical Museum, Dupnitsa (CC BY-SA 4.0) - Saints Theodore Stratilates and Tyron, fresco, Rila Monastery, Edal Anton Lefterov (CC BY-SA 3.0) - The Hospitality of Abraham, fresco by Zahari Zograf, Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0) - The burial of Saint Ivan of Rila, fresco by Mihail Anagnostos, 1842, Mark Ahsmann (CC BY-SA 4.0) - The dormition of Saint Ivan of Rila, fresco, Rila Monastery, Hans A. Rosbach (CC BY-SA 3.0) - The dormition of Saint Ivan of Rila, medallion fresco, glupylupy (CC BY-SA 3.0) THE BOOK More folk tales, sagas and legends from Heimweer: https://payhip.com/b/wpX30 SHOP https://emilyy-little-shop.fourthwall.com/ Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EmilyyLittle FOLLOW HEIMWEER YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Heimweerstories Web: https://heimweer.be · https://immersaam.com