Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery

The Monastery of Saint Jovan Bigorski (Macedonian: Свети Јован Бигорски) is a Macedonian Orthodox monastery located in the western part of North Macedonia, near the road connecting the towns of Debar and Gostivar.

One of its most valuable treasures is the iconostasis, created by Petre Filipov - Garkata[1] from the nearby village of Gari [mk], and considered one of the finest examples of wood-carved iconostases.

The historical record also mentions a monk Iov, recognized by some researchers as the future educator Yoakim Karchovski, a Bulgarian priest who became an important figure in the Bulgarian National Revival.

Reconstruction of the old sections began in May 2010 with the goal of restoring the buildings as closely as possible to their original style.

Another valuable monastery treasure is an icon dating from 1020 with supposedly miraculous healing power.