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Grave of Kiril Pejchinovich (1771-1845)
Pijlmans Says: The grave of the hieromonk, educator and reformer Kiril (Cyril) Pejchinovich (or Pejchinovikj) is behind the Church of St Atanas. He renovated the monastery lodgings in 1818 and established a library, making the Monastery of St Gavril Lesnovski a center of literature and...
Inside the Church of St Bogorodica
Pijlmans Says: Two pictures of the inside of the Church of St Bogorodica
Inside of the Church of St Atanas
Pijlmans Says: Some pictures of the frescoes and the iconostasis of the Church of St Atanas.
Pijlmans Says: On the grounds of the Lesok Monastery you can find the Church of St Atanas (1335) and the Church of St Bogorodica (mentioned for the first time in 1326).The grave of the hieromonk, educator and reformer Kiril (Cyril) Pejchinovich is behind the Church of St Atanas. He...
Lesok Monastery, Church of St Bogorodica
Pijlmans Says: A sign in the Church of St Bogorodica (Holy Mother of God) says:"The Church of Santa MadonnaThe Church of Santa Madonna is mentioned for the first time in 1326, then in 1396. Over the entering gate that was located between the edge and the narthex there was a partially...
Leshok Monastery, Church of St Atanas
Pijlmans Says: The Church of St Atanas (Sveti Atanas or St Athanasius) had been built in 1335. The only data available about the church date back to the 19th century, and are obtained from the memoirs of the Macedonian reformer and educator Kiril Pejchinovich and his disciples.The church...
Orthodox church of Sv.Atanasij
Vanity666 Says: It is located in the village of Lesok, in the region of Tetovo. The church is dedicated to St. Atanasie. It was built by a monk Joanakie, later the first bishop of Dolen Polog, during the foundation of the first Polog eparchy - between 1348 - 1355. P. Miljkovic - Pepek wrote...
Vanity666 Says: Interior of the church of St. Atanasij in Lesok. Impressive murals.
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Interior of the church of St. Atanasij in Lesok. Impressive murals.
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Lesok is a village a bit northeast of Tetovo. It is famous for its monastery, the Monastery of Lesok. The monastery complex houses the Church of St Bogorodica and the Church of St Atanas.
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The village of Lesok, with the monastery compound “St. Atanasij” and its numerous churches around it, all of them very significant for the Macedonian cultural history, has been thoroughly cleansed...
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