VOLKOVIJA

VOLKOVIJA, Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality
Church of St. Demetrius, village of Volkovija
(registered icons 9057-9073)
4-807-012/59 E-ND; 41.716977 / 20.666136

The Church of St. Demetrius in the village of Volkovija is a single-nave structure featuring a semicircular apse, a gabled roof, and an added narthex on the western side topped with a small hexagonal bell tower. It is constructed from crushed stone, while the cornice, the corner joints of the walls, and the small rectangular windows are framed with massive dressed stone blocks. The entrance is located on the southern side, made of dressed stone and arched at the top.

The iconostasis is two-tiered, surmounted by a Great Iconostasis Cross. The icons were painted by Dicho Zograf (1852) and his grandson Krste Avramov (1895).

Volkovija, Church of St. Demetrius – Exterior

Volkovija, Church of St. Demetrius – Interior

LOCATION

Church of St. Demetrius, village of Volkovija, (4-807-012/59 E-ND), (registered icons 9057-9073)

VOLKOVIJA, Municipality of Mavrovo and Rostusha

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