Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery In Macedonia

The Monastery of Saint Jovan Bigorski (Macedonian: Свети Јован Бигорски) is a Macedonian Orthodox monastery located in the western part of Macedonia, near the road connecting the towns of Debar and Gostivar. The monastery church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist.

Влезот на Свети Јован Бигорски Манастир (Македонија) — Entrance of the Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery (Macedonia)

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Photos and Videos of the Saint Jovan Bigorski (John the Forerunner) Monastery in Macedonia

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Fotos und Videos von dem Kloster Sveti Jovan Bigorski (Mazedonien)

Klokkentoren van het Klooster van de Heilige Johannes de Doper (Macedonië) — Bell Tower in the Monastery of Saint Jovan Bigorski (Macedonia)

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Fotos y Videos del Monasterio de San Juan Bautista (Macedonia)

Манастирът Свети Йоан Бигорски (македония) — Манастир Свети Јован Бигорски (Македонија)

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According to its 1833 chronicle, the monastery was built in 1020 by Ivan I Debranin. The Ottomans destroyed the monastery in the 16th century, but it was restored in 1743 by the monk Ilarion, who also constructed a number of cells for monks. The archimandrite Arsenius further expanded the monastery between 1812 and 1825. The historical record also mentions a monk Iov, recognized by some researchers as the future educator Yoakim Karchovski. Most of the old monastery complex was destroyed by a fire in 2009, while the new sections of the complex and church were saved.

照片和圣的Jovan Bigorski修道院影片（马其顿）

Manastiri i Shën Jovan Foto Bigorski (Maqedoni) — Photo Monastery of Saint Jovan Bigorski (Macedonia)

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Photos et Vidéos de la Monastère Saint-Jean Bigorski (Macédoine)

Klasztor św Jovan Bigorski (Macedonia) — St. John the Forerunner Bigorski Monastery (Macedonia)

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Foto’s en Video’s Klooster van de Heilige Johannes de Doper (Macedonië)

Détail de Monastère Saint-Jean Bigorski (Macédoine) — Detail from Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery (Macedonia)

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Foto e Video del Monastero di San Jovan Bigorski (Macedonia)

Вид с Бигорский монастырь (Македония) — View from Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery (Macedonia)

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Fotos e Vídeos do São Jovan Bigorski Mosteiro (Macedónia)

Luostari Saint Jovan Bigorski (Makedonia) — Sveti Jovan Bigorski Monastery (Macedonia)

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The monastery has a large collection of holy relics including John the Baptist, Clement of Ohrid, Lazarus of Bethany, Saint Stephen, Saint Nicholas, Saint Barbara, Paraskevi of Rome, Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha, and part of the Holy Cross. One of its most valuable treasures is the iconostasis, created by Petre Filipovic – Garkata from the nearby village of Gari, and considered one of the finest examples of wood-carved iconostases.