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Saint Jovan Kaneo monastery

Manastir Sveti Jovan Bogoslov - Kaneo
Манастир Свети Јован Богослов - Канео

Ohrid, Macedonia

Saint Jovan Kaneo monastery information

Saint Jovan Kaneo monastery
  • Saint Jovan Kaneo monastery
  • GPS coordinate Northing: 41° 6' 40.23" N
  • GPS coordinate Easting: 20° 47' 19.58" E
  • Distance from Ohrid downtown: 0.9 km / 0.56 mi

About Saint Jovan Kaneo monastery

Saint Jovan Kaneo monastery Ohrid ... Most known for its scenic location, standing on a cliff over Lake Ohrid.
Significant to the architecture of the church is the exquisite combination of Byzantine and Armenian elements, which creates very favorable space for examining the medieval monuments in Ohrid.
There are only few frescoes left inside, but the feeling of standing in centuries used sanctuary is worth the entrance.
There is written record of the time it was built, but it is believed that it originates from the 13th century. The donor and the icon-painter of the church are unknown.
Significant to the architecture of the church is the exquisite combination of Byzantine and Armenian elements, which creates very favorable space for examining the medieval monuments in Ohrid. The fresco-painting for the most part is destroyed. Only the fragments of the altar fresco which present "Communition of the Apostles", the portrait of St. Clement, and St. Erazmo and Constantine Kavasilis have been preserved.
Saint Jovan Kaneo monastery Ohrid Macedonia

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A New Morning in Kaneo!Always In My Heart Kaneo!Секогаш во моето срце Канео!Bay & Beach - KaneoAn evening over Ohrid lake-dedicated to my friend Walter BibikowČamci... prijatelji ili nešto više...?Upside downOhrid Lake - MacedoniaBeside Lk OhridSv. Jovan Kaneo - vecerOhrid i Galičica St. John of Kaneo.Macedonia, Ohrid,s. Jovane CaneoOhrid-Sv.Jovan Kaneobeautiful Ohridla scoglieraскривена плажа лабиноJovan BogoslovПоглед од Канео.. Охридско ЕзероSmall church by the Lake Ohrid. Sv. Jovan KaneoWinter in Ohrid-4St. Joan Kaneo at NightKaneo, OhridЧамцисв. јован канеоun bel posto per riposareOhrid in Autumn

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