Church Of The Nativity Of The Virgin Mary, Bitola
The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (Macedonian: Црква „Св. Богородица“) is a Macedonian Orthodox church of the Prespa-Pelagona Diocese in Bitola, North Macedonia. The church was built in 1870 and consecrated in 1876 by the Bulgarian Exarchist community and has icons dating from the 19th century. Among the church's icons is a čudotvorna ("miraculous") icon of the Virgin Mary that had been stolen from the church in the 1970s and returned in 2017.
The church is listed as an Object of Cultural Heritage by the Ministry of Culture.
References
- ^ "Храм Рождество на Пресвета Богородица". Prespa-Pelagonia Diocese. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ В Битоля откриха ценен паметник за българската история, неделя, 21 юли 2019 г., www.mni.bg
- ^ "Цркви". Visit Pelagonia. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013.
- ^ Aneta Šijakova (13 April 2017). "Чудотворна икона на Пресвета Богородица изложена во Битола". Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Национален регистар на објекти кои се заштитно културно наследство". Ministry of Culture. 2012. p. 1.
Further reading
- Robert Mihajlovski (1994). Hram "Presveta Bogorodica" – Bitola. Macedonian Orthodox Church.
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