Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery built

1001 CE.

Shown on the map at 41.622°, 20.612°.

The Monastery of Saint Jovan Bigorski (Macedonian: Свети Јован Бигорски) is a Macedonian Orthodox monastery located in western North Macedonia, near the road connecting the towns of Debar and Gostivar. The monastery church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. It includes the iconostasis, created by Mijak wood-carvers and is an example of wood-carved iconostasis in the region.

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