Lešok Monastery

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Athanasius Church of the Lešok monastery at night

Lešok Monastery is a Macedonian Orthodox monastery in North Macedonia . It is about 8 km outside the city of Tetovo near the border with Kosovo .

The monastery complex includes two churches dedicated to St. Athanasius and the Virgin Mary . The Church of the Virgin Mary was built in 1326 in the Byzantine style . Many original parts of the marble furnishings of the church are now in the Tetovo Museum. In the 19th century the monastery tradition was revived and Lešok Monastery developed into a cultural center.

The Church of St. Athanasius was built next to the Church of the Virgin Mary in 1924. The grave of the Macedonian scholar Kiril Peitschinowitsch (* 1770, † 1865) is located on the monastery grounds . In his honor, an international translation meeting takes place regularly in Lešok.

Today the restored bedrooms of the monastery are used for tourism.

gallery

  • Postcard of the monastery from the early 1920s

  • Inside the Church of Saint Athanasius

  • The smaller but older monastery church "Holy Virgin Mary"

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.culture.org

Web links

Commons : Lešok Monastery  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 42 ° 3 '50 "  N , 21 ° 1' 58"  E