One of the most representative sacral objects, built by the proto-master Andreja Damjanov, is the church St.Nikola in Štip, built on the site of the old Sifieva church dedicated to St. Nikola (1341) by the master constructor Gjorgi Novakov-Dzongar. For the renewal-rebuilding of this church witnesses the inscription board built-in above the main western entrance, whose text says that the church was constructed in the time of the Metropolitan of Kustendil and Stip - Ignatija in 1867.The upper floor of the church in 1990 was transformed into a valuable gallery of icons.Today it is main church and a seat place of Bregalnica eparhy.
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