2024

ÉGLISE SAINTE-PETKA DE GALIČNIK

Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels

This small stone Orthodox church (Црква Света Петка/Crkva Sveta Petka) is one of the oldest in the Reka region. It dates from the 16th century, but no longer features any valuable decoration. It is dedicated to Saint Paraskeva of the Balkans, an 11th-century Eastern ascetic who took the place locally of Petka, the ancient deity of the South Slavs. Galičnik also boasts the parish church of Saints Peter and Paul (1931) and the chapel of Saint Petka, on the outskirts of the hamlet.

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