Church St. Nicholas, Kumanovo

Church of St. Nicholas, Kumanovo
Црква „Свети Никола” Куманово
Location	Kumanovo
Country	Macedonia
Denomination	Macedonian Orthodoxy
Previous denomination	Patriarchate of Constantinople
Website	koe.mk
History
Founded	1851[1]
Dedication	St. Nicholas
Architecture
Status	Church
Architect(s)	Andreja Damjanov
Architectural type	Three-nave basilic church
Construction cost	confidential
Specifications
Materials	Brick
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Kumanovo and Osogovo
Province	Kumanovo
Clergy
Archbishop	Stefan
Bishop(s)	Josif

The Church St. Nikolas, in Kumanovo (Macedonian: Црква Свети Никола, Куманово), Republic of Macedonia, is a church designed by Andrey Damyanov.^[2] It is surrounded by arcades and has a rich interior with galleries, frescoes and furniture. The construction of the church is finished in 1860^[2] on the same site as a prior church (with the same patron) in the "Varosh maalo".

The church is a tree-aisle monumental basilica type building, characteristic of the sacred buildings in the Balkans in the 19th century. It is built from stone and bricks. On the northern side there is a porch with colonnades. The central aisle is over-topped with four blind domes. Above the northern, western and southern part of the church extends a gallery where a collection of icons is placed. Above the western part of the gallery extends another one but with smaller dimensions.

There are icons in the church, painted by the Bulgarian painter Kosta Krastev in 1856.^[3]

Gallery

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  Church library

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  St. Nicholas altar

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  The Church at 1905

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  In the church

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  Icon from the church 19th century

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  Icon from the church 19th century

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  Exterior of the church

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  The seat of the Metropolitan of Diocese of Kumanovo and Osogovo in the church yard

References

1. ↑ http://doc.kumanovo.gov.mk/ler/undp.pdf kumanovo.gov.mk
2. 1 2 Енциклопедия на изобразителните изкуства в България, том 2, Издателство на БАН, София, 1987 година, стр. 493.
3. ↑ Македонска мисъл, том 1 - 2, Македонски научен институт, 1945, София, стр. 337.

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Coordinates: 42°08′14″N 21°43′14″E / 42.1372°N 21.7206°E / 42.1372; 21.7206