Zrze Monastery

The numerous remnants of the ancient period-pillars, basilica remains, and other exponents speak of the rich cultural tradition, of this area.

Today, the Zrze monastery complex consists of the church "St. Petar and Pavle", the inns, and several accessory rooms.

Dated from 1421, the icon of the Holy Virgin Pelagonitissa, now part of the iconostasis inside the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, is considered one of the last outstanding achievements of icon painting, a representation of the then still-living Byzantine iconography.

Its author Makarije Zograf worked on the icon in the monastery of the village of Zrze.

Zrze is a fully functioning monastery, in line with the faith of the Macedonian Orthodox Church.