Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Bitola
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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.[1] The church was built in 1870 and consecrated in 1876 by the Bulgarian Exarchist community[2] and has icons dating from the 19th century.[3] 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.[4]
The church is listed as an Object of Cultural Heritage by the Ministry of Culture.[5]
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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