Church of the Holy mother of God (Novo Selo) |
The people of Štip talk about the building of the church by the Damjanovi brothers. It took 31 years to build. The material was brought by oxen and the outside columns were made and processed by hand. A gallery of rare icons was formed on the second floor of the church. Today, there is a male and female altar, because nuns used to live in the church. The church has a hiding place where Goce Delcev used to hide. In the walls of the church there are two more hiding places where 30 other men used to hide. There was a tunnel under the throne of the archbishop that led from the church to the houses in the village. This is how they escaped from the Turks.
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