Trpache Church

Trpacheva Church (village, Mariovo) – a late antique settlement with an early Christian basilica and a medieval necropolis. The late antique settlement is in the immediate vicinity of the early Christian sacred object, erected at the end of ⅴ c., Used in most of the ⅵ c. On and around the remains of the Basilica, a medieval necropolis of rows was formed. 142 grave gateways explained. Most of the graves are formed by recess in the soft rocky tog, and then they are fenced partially or completely, among which the most remarkable graves of Ti-sweat of cysts are. The rich gratious inventory is part of the body’s decorating jewelry: earrings, necklaces, necklaces, markers, rings, in which there are more luxurious samples made of silver, bronze and glass paste. From the subjects, the symbols of the Christian cult were found one-end crosses-pendants and crosses of the type of onolpirations. The most intensive use of the necropolis is during the ⅹ and the first half of ⅺ c. Lit.: L. Kepeska, Trpacheva Church – Research 1997, “Macus. Acta Arzhaeol. “, 15, Skopje, 1999, 309-323; K. Kepeski, a newly discovered old Christian basilica in the village. Diving, Mariovo, “Macus. Acta Arzhaeol. “, 16, Skopje, 2005, 247-257. L. K. Simon Trpceski


Original article in Macedonian language Cyrillic alphabet
Кириличен напис ТРПЧЕВА ЦРКВА

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