Old residing building of St. Nicholas monastery to be overhauled

Old residing building of the St. Nicholas monastery in Skopje village of Ljubanci will be overhauled, Culture Minister Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska told reporters on Sunday.

In 2014 and 2015 the Ministry of Culture will allocate funds for full restoring and preserving of the monastery’s residing building, she said.

Kanceska-Milevska expects for overhauling project to be completed by the end of 2015.

The Ministry of Culture has included a restoration and conservation project in its 2014 programme for the old residing building of the monastery, which enjoys a status of a monument of culture.

An iconostasis - work of art of famous Macedonian woodcarver Dicho Zograf - is displayed at St. Nicholas monastery, built in the 19th century.