PART OF THE MONOGRAPH “GOJKO JAKOVLEVSKI” BY SLAVE KATIN Christianity began to be preached in Macedonia ever since the period of the Holy Apostles. To spread Chris tianity, the apostle Paul made many blessed journeys during which he preached the word of Christ. Christianity then began to take a swing when the Roman Emperor Constan tine the Great in 313 accepted it as a state re ligion, thereby enabling Christians to free ly confess and preach ...

PART OF THE MONOGRAPH “GOJKO JAKOVLEVSKI” BY SLAVE KATIN The oldest religious object in Zubovce is the church of “St. Mary” or as the people call it “Holy Blessed Mary”, “Holy Fiery Mary” and “Holy Marena”. There is no original re cord of when and who erected this Ortho dox temple. In Zubovce and beyond it is one of the few, if not the only religious temple built when Macedonia was under the rule of Turkish Empire. Namely, one can enter the ...