Experts on Burning Down Church St. Gjorgija in Mala Recica- Marvellous Monument of Medieval Art Destroyed
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Experts on Burning Down Church St. Gjorgija in Mala Recica-
Marvellous Monument of Medieval Art Destroyed
(Vecer, 11.12.2001) - The damage is even greater, having in mind that
there is no photo-documentation, according to which the church could be
reconstructed -
According to me, church St. Gjorgija was intentionally burnt down
by Albanian terrorists in order for Christian population not to be able
to
celebrate holiday St. Gjorgija . As a matter of a fact, the same
thing happened to Lesok monastery. Unfortunately, we do not know what
has been stolen before the burning down, and what has been destroyed by
the fire. The same thing happened with the displays from the collections
in the Teke and other religious and museum objects that are under the
control of the Albanian terrorists , Director of Museum of Tetovo Area
Srecko Jovanovski stated, after Saturday s act of vandalism.
Church St. Gjorgija is the 13th sacral object in Tetovo area, which
was a target of the Albanian terrorists, and was one of the rare
objects, which foundations dated from the 14th century. Namely, the
remains of the church were discovered in 1920, while the restoration
occurred 10 years later. Monastery shelters were built in 1965. Two
years later, the Republic Bureau for Protection of Cultural Monuments
sent a team to perform archaeological researches in order to determine
time belonging. Team manager was art historian Petar Miljkovik Pepek,
who said:
I performed a small sondage from the external north side and I did not
determine the depth of the foundation, because I came up at a bunch of
old frescos that could help in determining the age of the church, and
partly the decoration itself. According to the fragments of the
decoration, it can be said that it dates from the 14th century. The
remains of the frescos were given to the laboratory of the Bureau for
research and conservation. The archaeological research confirmed that it
had been a small church. There is no doubt that church St.Gjorgija is
a significant monument not only for Tetovo area, but for history of
medieval art in Macedonia .
Based on this data, the church was registered as a monument of culture
the very same year. Unfortunately, this temple was demolished and
robbed several times in the past 10 months by the Albanian terrorists,
in order for it to be entirely destroyed at the end. The damage is even
greater, having in mind that there is no photo-documentation, according
to which the church could be reconstructed.
June R Harton
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June R Harton
> a significant monument not only for Tetovo area, but for history of
> medieval art in Macedonia”.
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