Hand carving. The Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos church.

Hand-carved elements of the iconostasis

Details of hand-carved elements of the iconostasis (work of the former woodcarving workshop Emo-Ohrid) prepared and placed for the temple of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos – Matka, in 2000. The carving is a project of Vasil Iliev, who draws all the motives from the low carving of the Slepce school – an authentic stylistic expression in carving in the XIV century, created by the monks of the monastery of St. John the Baptist in Slepce.

The icons on the iconostasis are the work of Malka Koneska.

Hand-carved elements of the single-leaf door

Details of hand-carved elements of the single-leaf door (work of Mile Nestor) prepared and placed for the temple of the Dormition of the Most Holy Thetokos – Matka, in 2000. The carving is a project of Vasil Iliev, who draws all the motives from the low carving of the Slepce school – an authentic stylistic expression in carving in the XIV century, created by the monks of the monastery of St. John the Baptist in Slepce.

The drawings of the icons are the work of Malka Koneska.

Hand carving on the pedestal for the icon

Details of hand carving on the pedestal for the miraculous icon of the Most Holy Theotokos prepared and placed for the temple of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos – Matka, in 2019. The carving is an example of the hand carving of the Slepce school – an authentic stylistic expression in carving in the XIV century, created by the monks of the monastery of St. John the Baptist in Slepce. It is made by ..

The miraculous icon of the Most Holy Thetokos is part of the old iconostasis, from the XVIII century, today in the paraclisis of St. Gregory Palamas and St. Nahum of Ohrid – within the monastic residence.