St. Jovan Vladimir's Church
St. Jovan Vladimir's Church (Albanian: Kisha e Shën Joan Vladimirit) is a church in Shijon, Elbasan County, Albania. It is dedicated to Saint Jovan Vladimir. It became a Cultural Monument of Albania in 1948.[1] The church was built from the Topia family in 1381.[2] During the 18th century Kostandin Shpataraku painted the walls of the church.[3]
An Orthodox monastery grew around the church, and became the see of the newly founded Archdiocese of Dyrrhachium in the 18th century. Gregory of Durrës, the archbishop of Dyrrhachium from 1768 to 1772, wrote there the Elbasan Gospel Manuscript, the oldest work of Albanian Orthodox literature.[4]
References
- ^ "Religious buildings with the "Culture Monument" status". Republic of Albania National Committee for Cult. http://kshk.gov.al/index.php?fq=brenda&gj=gj2&kid=19. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
- ^ Anamali, Skënder (2002) (in Albanian), Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime, I, Botimet Toena, p. 294, OCLC 52411919
- ^ Zeqo, Moikom (22 May, 2006). "Gjeniu më shqiptar i ikonografisë Kostandin Shpataraku" (in Albanian). Koha Jone (Nikolle Leska): pp. 10–11.
- ^ Elsie, Robert (1995). "The Elbasan Gospel Manuscript ("Anonimi i Elbasanit"), 1761, and the Struggle for an Original Albanian Alphabet" (PDF). Südost-Forschungen (Regensburg, Germany: Südost-Institut) 54. ISSN 0081-9077. http://www.elsie.de/pdf/articles/A1995ElbasanMs_Fig.pdf
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