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Holy Mother of God Perivleptos church

Crkva Sveta Bogorodica Perivlepta
Црква Света Богородица Перивлепта

Ohrid, Macedonia

Holy Mother of God Perivleptos church information

Holy Mother of God Perivleptos church
  • Holy Mother of God Perivleptos church
  • GPS coordinate Northing: 41° 6' 51.67" N
  • GPS coordinate Easting: 20° 47' 44.8" E
  • Distance from Ohrid downtown: 0.34 km / 0.21 mi

About Holy Mother of God Perivleptos church

Holy Mother of God Perivleptos church Ohrid ... The Holy Mother of God church was built in 1295. The fresco painting in this church represent some of the first works of the most prestigious Macedonian icon-painters Michail and Eftihije.
On the walls of this church, with extraordinary vitality and power, those two icon-painters have painted scenes from the life of Christ and the mother of God.
After the destruction of Clement's church St. Pantelejmon, the relics of St. Clement were transferred here, and ever since the citizens of Ohrid named the church St. Clement.
When the biggest church in Ohrid, St. Sophia, was transferred to a mosque, St. Holy Mother Perivleptos became synod Ohrid Archbishop.
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