“St. Archangel Michael and the desert Gavril Lesnovski” – church in the village. Lesnovo (Zletovo). In 1341 The stepfather of Tsar Dushan, the last powerful despot John Oliver, gave funds to build this church on the foundations of an older church that existed at the time of the desert Gavril Lesnovo (ⅺ-ⅹⅰⅰ c.), whose relics of the time were buried in This church, and later transferred to Bulgaria, in the Trnovo Church “St. Apostles. ” It was built by a carved stone and rows bricks, with richly broken up facades decorated with blind arcades. By 1347 This monastery had an degree of abbene, and then it was elevated to the degree of bishopric and determined as the seat of the newly established Zletovska Bishopric. The basis of the church has a form of an equipped cross, inscribed in a rectangular space. The dome is raised on four strong pillars with a rectangular intersection. The altar apse from the outside is sixth. The Narthex of the Church was built the cave church “St. Archangel Michael, “Radozhda, Struga, (ⅹⅴⅰⅰⅰ-ⅹⅳ c.)” St. Archangels “in 1349. And there is a dome built after the example of the church of the Church. The interior is frescoed with fresco painting, on which the Zografska Timito led by one chief master and several of his associates worked. The creation of the main master, which is very clearly distinguished from that of the associates, is distinguished by an extraordinary precision drawing and a rich color. The clothes of the figures that the picture is decorated with skillfully performed ornaments. Among the characters and compositions painted with his hand, especially highlight: the portrait of the Kettle Despot Jovan Oliver and the compositions associated with Archangel Michael, especially the composition Archangel Michael, saves Constantinople from the Saracens. The compositions of other painters are recognized after the drawing and after the color, which, after its intensity, is far behind behind behind the work of the Master. The frescoes in the narthex, working in 1349, according to his iconography, takes a significant place in medieval art in Macedonia. The illustrations of the Psalms of the Psalms David are particularly important. On the northern wall of Narthex there are portraits of King Dusan, Empress Elena, Kettle Jovan Oliver and his wife Oliverina. In this area, Zletovski bishops are painted. A few significant icons worked on a wooden base were preserved in the temple. In ⅹⅰⅹ c. The old iconostasis was removed, made of marble pillars, and in its place, a carpented iconostasis, the work of the carpeted Tapa led by PE “St. Dimitrij, fresco in the Lesnovo Monastery (1341) Three Filipovski from the village. Gary. The iconostasis was completed and placed in 1814. Around the church are the objects of the monastery lodgings, repeatedly renewed. Lit.: ™. Boskovs ¢, Lesnovo, “Olderly”, ⅶ (1932), 88-95; C. ™ Urveni, Byzantzke Freske U Yugoslavians, Belgrade, 1974; K. Balabanov – A. Nikolovski – D. Kalikov, monuments of culture of Macedonia, Skopje, 1980; K. Balabanov, Freshke and Icon of Macedonia, Belgrade-Zagreb-Mostar, 1983. K. B.
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Кириличен напис СВЕТИ АРХАНГЕЛ МИХАИЛ И ПУСТИНОЖИТЕЛОТ ГАВРИЛ ЛЕСНОВСКИ