The Dormition of the Theotokos Church is a Macedonian Orthodox church in the neighbourhood of Novo Selo, Štip. The church is the seat of the Novo Selo Parish. The church is registered as a Cultural Heritage of North Macedonia.
History The church began construction in 1836 and was completed in 1850. It was built by the builder Andrey Damyanov with his group of brothers and is a large three-nave basilica with spacious galleries on the first floor. The icons of the iconostasis are from the same period, made by painter Stanislav Dospevski, Stanilov, Vangelov, Krste zograf, Teodosie, Dimitar Papradiški, Hristo from Samokov, Zahari Zograf, and the frescoes on the domes are presumed to have been made in the same period. The depth of the iconostasis, the canopy, the royal doors and the bishop's throne were made in the same period by Nikola Damyanov. There is no information when and by which hierarch she was consecrated.
After the construction, services began in the Church Slavonic language. Later, Bulgarian Exarchate school was built next to the church.Кирил патриарх Български. Българската екзархия в Одринско и Македония след Освободителната война 1877-1878. Том първи, книга първа, стр. 561. During the First World War, the bodies of 19 Bulgarian officers and soldiers killed during the Battle of Krivolak were buried in the churchyard, including that of Hristo Chernopeev. Later the graves of the soldiers were obliterated.Ростислава Иванова, Страстите Чернопееви. В Дерманци - родното село на големия македонски комита, отбелязаха тържествено 150 години от рождението му. в-к Дума, 01 Ноември 2018 г.
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See also Novo Selo School – the building of the former school and the present seat of the Rectorate of the Goce Delčev University. It is also a cultural heritage site Holy Trinity Church – the cemetery church and a cultural heritage site Ascension of Christ Church – a cultural heritage site Saint John the Baptist Church – a cultural heritage site
References
External links The official website of Breganica Diocese