{"id":5286,"date":"2026-01-20T07:18:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zavodimuzejstip.mk\/portfolio-items\/church-dormition-of-the-most-holy-mother-of-god\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T11:53:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T11:53:57","slug":"church-dormition-of-the-most-holy-mother-of-god","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/zavodimuzejstip.mk\/en\/portfolio-items\/church-dormition-of-the-most-holy-mother-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Church “Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Official name: Church \u201cUspenie na Sv. Bogorodica\u201d with residential quarters, ul. \u201cKrste Misirkov\u201d 6.6, Novo Selo, Shtip<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The Church \u201cUspenie na Sv. Bogorodica\u201d in Novo Selo, Shtip, is one of the finest and most inventive sacred buildings of this period in the city of Shtip and in Eastern Macedonia. It was built on the site of an older church, also dedicated to \u201cUspenie na Sv. Bogorodica,\u201d dating from 1808\u20131809. An inscription carved above the southern entrance door states that the church was renovated in 1850. This inscription suggests that the construction\/renovation began in 1835\u20131836 and that the church was built with voluntarily collected financial resources from the citizens of Shtip, at a time when Macedonia was still under Ottoman rule.<\/p>\n

The church was built by the talented master builder Andrej Damjanov (1800\u20131878) and his craft team. His brothers Nikola, Gjorgji, and Kosta Damjanov also played a special role in decorating the church interior.<\/p>\n

In plan, the church is designed as a three-aisled basilica, surrounded by porches on the western, northern, and southern sides, which on the upper level continue as a gallery. The central nave is emphasized and covered by four domes supported on pendentives. On the eastern side, the church ends with three polygonal apses.<\/p>\n

The interior is richly adorned with sculpted decoration\u2014medallions combined with vegetal and zoomorphic motifs. The overall carved\/woodcarved decoration is the work of Nikola Damjanov, who produced the large iconostasis, the bishop\u2019s throne, and the church doors.<\/p>\n

The interior is richly adorned with sculpted decoration\u2014medallions combined with vegetal and zoomorphic motifs. The overall carved\/woodcarved decoration is the work of Nikola Damjanov, who produced the large iconostasis, the bishop\u2019s throne, and the church doors.<\/p>\n

In 1972, a permanent icon gallery was established on the upper level of the church, with a rich collection of icons by many known and unknown painters, created from the late 16th\u201317th centuries to the beginning of the 20th century, as well as manuscripts and printed books, church relics, and other materials. In the courtyard, on the western side of the church, in the period when the church was built, the residential quarters were also constructed.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Constituent Parts of the Cultural Property<\/h3>\n

Decisions on declaring a Cultural Monument (collections)<\/h4>\n