The Monastery of Treskavec ( mk, Манастир Трескавец), or St. Bogorodica, is a

monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone ( hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer whic ...

situated on the rocky Mount Zlatovrv, 8 km north of

Prilep Prilep ( mk, Прилеп ) is the fourth-largest city in North Macedonia. It has a population of 66,246 and is known as "the city under Marko's Towers" because of its proximity to the towers of Prince Marko. Name The name of Prilep appea ...

, in

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. Built in the 12th century, it currently has only one monk. The monastery possesses a large collection of

Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantin ...

frescoes. The oldest remaining date from the 15th century. It was rebuilt in the 14th century by Serbian kings

Stefan Milutin Stefan Uroš II Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Урош II Милутин, Stefan Uroš II Milutin; 1253 – 29 October 1321), known as Stefan Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Милутин, Stefan Milutin), was the King of Serbia between 1282&nd ...

and

Stefan Dušan Stefan Uroš IV Dušan ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Урош IV Душан, ), known as Dušan the Mighty ( sr, / ; circa 1308 – 20 December 1355), was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Tsar (or Emperor) and autocrat of the Serbs, Gre ...

. In the mid-16th century it was renovated by ''knez'' Dimitrije Pepić (d. 1566) of Kratovo. The monastery was largely destroyed by a fire in the early 2010s, although the church remained untouched. The rebuilding of the monastery is in the last phase, and it is expected for the monastery to open at this year's Orthodox Easter. The monastery was the burial place of Serbian noblemen Dabiživ Čihorić and

Gradislav Borilović Gradislav Borilović ( sr-cyr, Градислав Бориловић, gr, Μποριλοβίκης; 1325–1352) was a Serbian magnate in the service of Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (r. 1321-1331) and Stefan Dušan (r. 1331-1355), having the ti ...

Gallery

File:View from the top treskavec.jpg, View from the top of Treskavec File:Treskavec Monastery 02.jpg, Treskavec and surroundings File:Трескавец стара.jpg, Treskavec Monastery in the early 1900s File:Holy Trinity Fresco in Treskavec Monastery by Mihail Anagnostos 1842.jpg, Dome inside the church File:Treskavets ruin.JPG, Treskavets Monastery as of August 2015

References

Macedonian Orthodox monasteries Eastern Orthodox monasteries in North Macedonia Medieval Serbian Orthodox monasteries Prilep Municipality Christian monasteries established in the 12th century Archbishopric of Ohrid {{orthodox-church-stub