THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, THE VILLAGE OF LEŠOK
| The exact time of construction of the church of the Holy Mother of God is unknown. The oldest information about it is from the first half of the 14th Century, 1326, but it is believed that it was built before the 14th Century. |
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The church
Sv. Bogorodica (Holy Mother of God), Lešok monastery, 14th century |
The church is in the shape of a triconhos, with three-sided conches on the outside and a narthex that was added later. There are three layers of frescoes on the walls from different periods. The bottom layer is from the time of the construction of the church, the second one is from the 17th century and the last layer is from 1879. The last fresco-painter of the church is the painter from Galicnik, Mihail Gjurcinov, who is also the author of several icons from its iconostasis.
M. Cvetanovska
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