Monastery of St Bogorodica in Slivnica
The Slivnica Monastery with its Church dedicated to St Bogorodica (The Holy Virgin) is not very well known. To us, it came as a very pleasant surprise, located in the mountains about 4 km from the village Slivnica. When we visited, we had to walk most of the way to the monastery, but the building of a road was in progress.Inscriptions state that the church was built and painted in 1607. A nartex was built and fresco painted in 1612 and in 1645 the damaged parts of the frescoes from 1612 were covered with new paintings.The iconostasis has been preserved in its authentic state with its throne icons, the Royal Doors and the Holy Cross carved in wood. Outside, there is a spring of holy water with miraculous healing properties. It should work especially well for people with fertility problems. The monastery's lodging houses have been in the 19th century and are restored nowadays.There is no...
