2024

ARCHANGEL-MICHAEL CHURCH IN RODOŽDA

Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels

Nestled in a cliff, this Orthodox cave church (Црква Свети Архангел Михаил/Crkva Sveti Arhangel Mihail) houses a fine set of 14th-century frescoes. The grotto also features a 13th-century fresco in poor condition depicting the miracle of Chône: the archangel Michael - here painted on horseback holding a spear - diverting the water that threatened to flood the Christian village of Chône, in Phrygia (modern-day Turkey), after pagans destroyed a dam upstream.

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