In the canyon of the river Treska, opposite the monastery St. Andrea, is the location of the church St.Nikola of the Sisevski monastery. There are no certain sources for the time of its construction or the time of its fresco-decoration. It is mentioned in the 17th century and this tells us that in the time of the Turkish period there had been active monastery life. It seems that this object was completely abandoned sometimes in the 18th century. Later again the life in the monastery was renovated, but only for short period of time.

There is a fact that the fresco-decoration was done in 1630 and the cross on the iconostasis in 1645. The iconostasis of this church was replaced in the neighboring church St. Atanasij.

The monastery church Saint Nikola is comprised of two buildings. The first one is a small single-nave church with three-side apse on the east. The second building was annexed right to the older church in a form of written cross with consoles and cupola. Both buildings considerably differ by the way of construction, where the older part is built of cut stone and the later one of stone and brick.

There are three visible layers of frescoes. The oldest one is preserved in fragments. The next one dates from 14th century and is comparable with the ones in the monasteries in Zrze, Konce and Poloski monastery, as well as other monasteries from that period. The last layer, encountered on the walls of the priprata (porch), dates from the first half of the 17th century. It presents figures of saints as well as scenes from the life of Jesus Christ and St.Nikola.

D. Kareva

About the churches in Macedonia

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