Monastery St. John the Baptist - Bigorski and St. George the Victorious in Rajčica
We offer a relaxing tour to Monastery St. John the Baptist – Bigorski and St. George the Victorious in Rajčica.
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We will pick you up from your location in Ohrid. We visit first the Monastery “St. George the Victorious” is situated two kilometers from Debar in the Rajcica village This female monastery is part of the Bigorski monastery complex.
The monastery church and quarters were built in 1835. In the church,there is a wood-carved iconostasis,made in the same year,on which is engraved a cross with Christ's crucifixion dating from the 16th century
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Also, there are parts of the remains of the hand of St. George. Then we continue to the Monastery St. John the Baptist - Bigorski.Placed in the impressive limestone rocks along the canyon valley of the Radika River, in the embrace of the lush forests on the northwestern slopes of Mount Bistra, this largest spiritual temple in Macedonia.
The beginnings of its construction date back to the 11th century. Today, the monastery complex consists of: church, ossuary, the so called, defense tower, complex monastery and guest quarters.
