Churches and Monasteries

Church St. Petka in Mlado Nagoricane near Kumanovo (Црква Св. Петка во Младо Нагоричане) is one nave church, with separated narthex on the west side and chapel on the south side.

Near the church St. Petka in Mlado Nagoricane is located the church dedicated to St. George the Victorious. It is not known when the church was built, according to some sources it originates from XV – XVII century.

The church St. George in Staro Nagoricane (Црква Свети Ѓорѓи, Старо Нагоричане) occupies one of the most important places in the history of medieval Byzantine art in Macedonia.

Near Krusevo in the locality „Bela Voda” (Бела Вода, transl. White Water)is located the Monastery Holy Transfiguration(Свето Преображение)

In the center of Strumica is the church and tombs of Holy Fifteen Tiberiopolis Martyrs (Светите Петнаесет Тивериополски Маченици).

Cebren (Чебрен, Chebren) monastery complex in the past the  was one of the richest and most famous in Mariovo and the wider region.

The monastery is located 1km from village Novaci, on the right bank of the Black River (Crna Reka).

The church St. Nikola (Св. Никола, St. Nicholas) is the main church in the village Gradesnica (Градешница, Gradeshnica),

This church Holy Sunday is located on the left side of the northern entrance of Bitola in the Holy Sunday cemetery.

Built near the Dragor River, the Old Bazaar and the primary school St. Kiril and Metodij, the church St. Mary belongs to a  temple buildings which are common and characteristic of the nineteenth century.

At the entrance of village Gradeshnica (Mariovo region) in the Municipality of Novaci, 52 km from Bitola,

St. Nikola Monastery is located in the beautiful wilderness of Mariovo region, in village Manastir (Monastery) and is one of the oldest monasteries in Republic of Macedonia.

North-west of Skopje, on Banjska river valley near the village Banjani the church is St. Ilija (Elijah) is located.

The church of St. Nikola in the Shishevski monastery is located opposite the church of St. Andrea, on the mountains rising above Lake Matka.

The church dedicated to St. Nicholas was built on a flattened plateau near the village Ljuboten - Skopje.

The monastery dedicated to St. Ilija (Св. Илија, Sv. Ilija) in village Melnica, Mariovo was built on the initiative of Stale Cheshelkov from village Polchishte, and with the support of the population from Mariovo.

On the left bank of the river Treska, where it emerges from steep Strait in the Skopsko field, near the village Glumovo, the monastery Matka with a church dedicated to Holy Mary is located.

The church of St. George in the village Banjani belongs to a group of churches lined up at the foot of Skopje Crna Gora mountain.

Nearby village Sisevo (Шишево) is the church of St. Nicholas, also known as St. Athanasius builded probably on older cultural place.

The church dedicated to the Virgin Mary Assumption is located on the foot of Plakenska mountain, about 25 km (15.6 miles) of Skopje in village Divle.

The church dedicated to St. Archangels Michael and Gabriel is located northwest of the village Kuceviste, in the picturesque valley of the Kuceviska river on extended plateau. In historical documents the monastery is mentioned in seventeenth century.

The church Holy Salvation (Св. Спас) was built in the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century, after the fire in 1689 that burned much of the city.

Monastery of St. Andrea is located at about 17 kilometers, south-west of Skopje, in the gorge of the river Treska.