Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery
The Monastery of Saint Jovan Bigorski is a Macedonian Orthodox monastery located in the western part of North Macedonia, near the road connecting the towns of Debar and Gostivar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Email: info@bigorski.org.mk
- Type: Monastery
- Description: monastery in North Macedonia
- Also known as: “Monastery of Bigor” and “Sveti Jovan Bigorski”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Adžievci and Kërçisht i Sipërm.
Adžievci
Village
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Adžievci is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia. Adžievci is situated 3½ km south of Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery.
Kërçisht i Sipërm
Village
Kërçisht i Sipërm is a village in the former Maqellarë Municipality in Dibër County in northeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dibër. It is located near the Macedonian border, on the mountain Dešat. Kërçisht i Sipërm is situated 9 km southwest of Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery.
Kërçisht i Poshtëm
Village
Kërçisht i Poshtëm is a village in the former Maqellarë Municipality in Dibër County in northeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dibër. It is located near the Macedonian border, on the mountain Dešat. Kërçisht i Poshtëm is situated 9 km southwest of Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery.
Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery
- Category: religion
- Location: North Macedonia, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.62057° or 41° 37′ 14″ northLongitude
20.60963° or 20° 36′ 35″ eastElevation
766 metres (2,513 feet)Open location code
8GH2JJC5+6VOpenStreetMap ID
way 1279192743OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Manastiri i Shën Jovan Bigorskit”
- Armenian: “Բիգորսկի վանք”
- Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs İohann Biqorski monastırı”
- Belarusian: “Бігорскі манастыр”
- Bulgarian: “Бигорски манастир”
- Bulgarian: “Дебърски манастир”
- Bulgarian: “Свети Иван Бигор”
- Bulgarian: “Свети Йоан Бигорски”
- Croatian: “Manastir Sveti Jovan Bigorski”
- Danish: “Sankt Jovan Bigorski-klosteret”
- French: “monastère Saint-Jean Bigorski”
- French: “Monastère Saint-Jean Bigorski”
- German: “Kloster Sveti Jovan Bigorski”
- Greek: “Μοναστήρι του Αγίου Γιόβαν Μπιγκόρσκι”
- Macedonian: “Бигорски манастир”
- Polish: “Bigorski monaster św. Jana Chrzciciela”
- Polish: “Bigorski monaster”
- Romanian: “Mănăstirea Sfântul Ioan Bigorski”
- Russian: “Бигорский монастырь”
- Serbian: “Бигорски манастир”
- Serbian: “Манастир Свети Јован Бигорски”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Sveti Jovan Bigorski”
- Slovenian: “Samostan sv. Jovana Bigorskega”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de San Juan Bautista”
- Turkish: “Aziz Jovan Bigorski Manastırı”
- Ukrainian: “Бігорський монастир”
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