Kalishta Monastery És Struga

Kalishta Monastery (Манастир Калишта) near Struga
Kalishta Monastery complex is placed on the coast of Ohrid Lake in a natural rocky
environment.
This complex – which is directly under the authority of the Archbishop of a Macedonian
Orthodox Church, consists of four churches: two dedicated to the Nativity of Holy
Mother of God (one old, in a cave and one new), a Church dedicated to Sts. Peter and
Paul, the apostoles, and one dedicated to St. Athanasius the Great (in a cave).
The cave church – The Nativity of Holy Mother of God, is the oldest part of the
monastery and its fundament. It is built in the 14th century and is authentic,
completely preserved with no restoration works. The church is built according the space
inside the cave. The east side is blocked with stone wall and there are the altar apse and
the entrance.
Three monk cells are placed within the rock in which the church is built – two on the first
floor, and one on the second.
From the beginning of monasticism, the rock has always been a natural element and
symbol of asceticism. The new church – The Nativity of Holy Mother of God was rebuilt
in 1977, but the foundation dates from the 18 century. Divine Liturgy is served in this
church every Sunday and for every holiday all over the year. The church is fresco-painted
in the Byzantine style and has a unique iconostasis made by Naum Donev from Ohrid.
In this very temple, the wonderworking icon of Holy Mother of God is exposed. Childless
women are the most frequent worshippers of this icon and they visit the monastery
every 21st of September to celebrate the name – day of the monastery.
According to some stories, during the World War II the icon was thrown into the lake
several times, but it always returned back by itself, as a testimony of the silent presence
of the God’s blessing at this place. Today, this very important icon is kept in the church,
and it is characteristic by the fact that the Holy Mother of God is painted with black face
and clothing, holding in her hands the Black Jesus.
In one of the buildings at the monastery there is a chapel (para-ekklisia) built and fresco-
painted in 2002 and dedicated to St. Theodore the Tyro. The monks at the monastery use
it in the winter period to perform their everyday prayers. This chapel and the whole
building are under the canopy of a very old tree – maple(juharfa), which has a central
place in the monastery. It is 645 years old, and people believe its age corresponds to the
settling down of the first monks at this place.
There is a spring under the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul built in 1991.
In the vicinity of the monastery Kalista, five-minutes walk away from the monastery
buildings, there is embedded in the rocks, the cave church dedicated to the Alexandrian
archbishop Athanasius. It contains the biggest set of medieval painting in Struga region.
Cave church of St. Athanasius is built in the 13th century: authentic in its special
appearance and rare beauty, non-intrusive and an everlasting witness of the people from
this region.
In accordance with their own strength and spiritual practice, they pray for health and
salvation for all the visitors to the monastery. + házi rakija
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Struga
Population (2002) 16,559
is a town and popular tourist destination situated in the south-western region of the
Republic of Macedonia, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid.
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Struga was part of the Manastir Vilayet of the
Ottoman Empire.
Struga was the birthplace in 1865 İbrahim Temo, who would go on to be a doctor and
one of the founders of the Ottoman reform movement known as the Committee of Union
and Progress
From 1929 to 1941, Struga was part of the Vardar Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Struga is located in an open valley on Lake Ohrid. The Black Drin river (Crn Drim) starts at
the lake and divides the city.
The religious composition of the city was the following: Orthodox Christians, 55.5%
Muslims, 42.7%
Culture Struga is also a place of important cultural significance in the Republic of
Macedonia, as it is the birthplace of the poets Konstantin and Dimitar Miladinov.
The main event of the cultural life in Struga is the world's largest poetry gathering, Struga
Poetry Evenings, whose laureates have included several Nobel Prize for Literature
winners such as Joseph Brodsky, Eugenio Montale, Pablo Neruda, Seamus Heaney, and
many others since 1966.
There are several cultural monuments in Struga and in its vicinity such as
the Monastery of Kališta, a few kilometers away from the town center, lying on the shore
of Lake Ohrid. It is believed that it dates from the 16th century, with frescoes from the
14th and the 15th centuries.
Another rock church is present in the neighbouring village of Radožda with frescoes from
the 13th and 14th centuries.
The Church of Sveta Bogorodica (St Mary) in Vraništa, is believed to be where Tsar
Samuel was crowned.
The church of St. George is also located in the town; built on top of Samuel's church, it
has many icons from the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
Near the village of Radolishta, a basilica from the 4th century was discovered with a
mosaic.
Struga's old architecture dates from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Itt van az Ohridi-tó egyetlen természetes lefolyása, a Crni Drim folyó. A folyóparton
felsétálva jutottunk el a főutcához. A minaret melletti közvetlen épület a város
rendőrfőkapitányságának épülete.
(megállás: Vlado Malesti

vagy a Hotel Drim-nél )
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