Church of St. George, Banjane

Church of Saint George in Banjane (Macedonian Cyrillic: Свети Георгиј or Свети Ѓорѓи), north of Skopje, is an Orthodox Church dating from the Ottoman period.

The walls are constructed of stone surrounded with bricks and white mortar creating an impression similar to the older, 14th century churches, the golden age of church building in Macedonia.

Among the most interesting frescoes are Christ as high priest surrounded with seraphim, then Mother of God with a crown and the Christmas Hymn of Saint John Damascene.

Here we find the interesting fresco of the Judgment Day with the representations of the four empires of the world as animals and with four emperors – Porus, Darius, Cyrus and Alexander the Great – all led by devils to damnation.

[3] On the west facade of the church are painted frescoes by Dimitrije Andonov Papradiški, of which composition of the Judgement Day occupies half of the depicted space.