2024

CHAPELLE DE LA MÈRE-DE-DIEU DE ZAHUMSKA

Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels

This Orthodox chapel (Црквата Света Богородица Захумска/Crkvata Sveta Bogorodica Zahumska) is located on a ridge above Lake Ohrid, at an altitude of 1,005 m above sea level. An elegant little Byzantine building dating from 1299, it is reminiscent of the Church of St. John in Kaneo, Ohrid. Its frescoes, painted in 1361, are badly damaged. However, a rare scene inspired by a fresco in the Church of St. George in Kurbinovo (Lake Prespa) remains: the Virgin Child suckling by her mother, St. Anne.

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