5/5 Stoјan N. 10 years ago on Google • 196 reviews
The
Church
of
Saint
Clement
of
Ohrid
(Macedonian:
Соборна
црква
-
Свети
Климент
Охридски)
often
called
simply
Soborna
Crkva
(Соборна
црква),
located
in
Skopje,
Macedonia
is
the
largest
Orthodox
temple
of
the
Macedonian
Orthodox
Church
today.
The
construction
of
the
Orthodox
Cathedral
church,
designed
by
Slavko
Brezovski,
began
in
1972
and
was
consecrated
on
12
August
1990,
on
the
1150th
anniversary
of
the
birth
of
the
church
patron,
St.
Clement
of
Ohrid.
This
rotunda
type
church,
with
36m
x
36m
dimension,
composed
only
of
domes
and
arches,
is
one
of
the
most
interesting
architectural
examples
in
recent
Macedonian
history.
The
main
church
is
dedicated
to
St.
Clement
of
Ohrid,
and
the
church
below
to
the
Holy
Mother.
One
of
the
chapels
is
dedicated
to
Emperor
Constantine
and
Empress
Helena,
and
the
other
to
St.
Mina,
the
martyr.
The
icons
in
the
iconostasis
were
painted
by
Gjorgji
Danevski
and
Spase
Spirovski
and
the
frescoes
were
painted
by
academic
painter
Jovan
Petrov
and
his
collaborators.
Under
the
central
dome
there
is
3.5
m
high
archbishopric
throne.
Both
chair
in
front
of
him
are
2
meters
high
and
under
the
canons,
they
are
intended
for
the
world
emperor
and
his
wife.
The
Central
dome
has
an
area
of
650
m².
The
frescoes
are
work
of
the
academic
painters
Jovan
Petrov
and
his
collaborators.
For
the
first
time
in
the
world,
in
this
church
Jesus
Christ
is
painted
on
the
surface
of
70
square
meters,
with
about
1.5
meters
eye
diameter.
Departure
from
the
canon
is
that
the
prophets
instead
of
standing
position
are
shown
in
a
sitting
position.
The
second
departure
from
the
canons
of
the
church
are
the
large
windows.
To
avoid
a
large
amount
of
light
there
is
mounted
an
acrylic
crystal.
Lighting
of
the
church
is
done
by
five
tons
hard
polileum
which
is
placed
under
the
central
dome.
On
it
are
arranged
about
400
bulbs.
The
second
polileum,
which
is
in
the
middle,
hangs
over
the
altar
in
the
Holy
See.
At
45
meters
high
camban
located
in
the
yard,
left
(north)
from
the
main
entrance
of
the
church
bells
are
3.
The
most
severe
1000
kg,
the
second
500
kg,
300
kg
of
the
third
and
they
are
all
tripped
in
Austria.
Fountain
in
front
of
the
church
was
a
gift
from
the
Islamic
religious
community.
2 people found this review helpful 👍
