CHRISTIANITY THROUGH THE MACEDONIAN HISTORY

The Christianity has been present in Macedonia ever since the early Christian period. Throughout the Middle Ages, Macedonia used to be the centre for construction of churches and monasteries in the Balkans. A significant number of churches and monasteries were built within its territory. Their construction started in the beginning of the early Christian period, when Christianity was spreading from the Roman Empire to Macedonia. Stobi, Heraclea, the region of Bregalnica, Thessaloniki and other ancient Macedonian centres were among the first locations of the earliest church structures. The earliest Christian shrines were built in the shape of basilicas that have been of a particular interest for the analysts of that period. more