Maligrad Cave Church
Native name
Albanian: Shpella e Maligradit
The church in the cave
LocationMaligrad
Coordinates40°47′31″N 20°55′54″E / 40.7920°N 20.9317°E / 40.7920; 20.9317
Built1369
Invalid designation

The St. Mary's Church[1] or Virgin Mary's Church[2] (Albanian: Shpella e Maligradit) is an Eastern Orthodox cave church on the island of Maligrad, in the Albanian part of Lake Prespa. It is a Cultural Monument of Albania.[3] The church is dedicated to Saint Mary and was built by Serbian nobleman Kesar Novak (alb. Qesar Novaku[1]), in 1369.[2][4]

The church has frescoes and Greek inscriptions dated to 1369. Frescoes exist of the family of Novak, with his Greek wife Kalia.[2][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Anamali, Skënder (2002). Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime (in Albanian). Vol. I. Botimet Toena. pp. 294–295. OCLC 52411919.
  2. 1 2 3 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2014-05-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Religious buildings with the "Culture Monument" status". Republic of Albania National Committee for Cult. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  4. ↑ Dr Vlad. R. Petković, Stari srpski spomenici u Južnoj Srbiji: "Na PRESPI kesar Novak podiže 1369. god. crkvu Bogorodici (na ostrvu Mali Grad)."
  5. ↑ Ivan M. Đorđević, Zidno slikarstvo srpske vlastele u doba Nemanjica. OCLC 34957313, sl. 84 i 85
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