St. Nicholas Church, Vevčani

The St. Nicholas Church is a Macedonian Orthodox parish church in the village of Vevčani.[1]

St. Nicholas Church
Црква „Св. Никола“
The church in 2018
41.239444°N 20.59°E / 41.239444; 20.59
CountryMacedonia
DenominationEastern Orthodox
Macedonian Orthodox Church
Websitewww.dke.org.mk
History
DedicationSaint Nicholas
Consecrated1876
Architecture
Functional statusyes
Years built3
Groundbreaking1922
Completed1925
Administration
DioceseDebar and Kičevo Diocese
ParishVevčani Parish

History

The construction or maybe the reconstruction of this church started in 1834. The construction of the church was completed in 1864.[2]

Architecture
The apse of the church.

The church is a three-naved basilica with an altar and balcony. The church is 18 meters long and 12.5 meters wide.

It was built with a flat floor, which was not allowed by the Ottoman rule at the time. The church is built of hand-hewn stone, and the entrance door is walled with tin. Above it, as above the other openings, biblical symbols are carved into the stone. The stone was taken from Maidan, in the mountain above Vevčani, and was carried by oxen.[2]

Fresco painting
A fresco by Avram Dičov.

The fresco painting is the work of Avram Dičov, the eldest son of Dičo Zograf from the village of Tresonče, and it was worked on at the same time to be finished in 1879. The church with imposing dimensions, built with imagination and richly painted, is one of the most beautiful Macedonian revival monuments in Macedonia.[2]

Iconostasis

The icons in the church were made by Dičo Zograf, a Miyak painter whose first icon for the church was probably made in 1849. The throne icons were also made by Dičo in 1876, which is considered the year of the church's consecration.[2]

  • View of the church
    View of the church
  • View of the church
    View of the church
  • Graves in the yard
    Graves in the yard
  • An adjacent building to the church
    An adjacent building to the church
  • The main entrance
    The main entrance
  • A secondary entrance
    A secondary entrance
  • A secondary entrance
    A secondary entrance
  • A fresco above the secondary entrance
    A fresco above the secondary entrance
  • Church icon
    Church icon
  • Church fresco
    Church fresco
  • Church icon
    Church icon
  • Church icon
    Church icon

See also

References
  1. Jelena Pavlovska, Nataša Niḱiforoviḱ i Ognen Kocevski (2011). Valentina Božinovska (ed.). Карта на верски објекти во Македонија [Map of religious buildings in Macedonia] (in Macedonian). Menora, Skopje: Commission on Relations in Religious Communities and Religious Groups. ISBN 978-608-65143-2-7.
  2. "Светилишта | Vevchani Inf" [Shrines | Vevchani Inf]. vevchani-info.mk. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

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