Tradycja chrześcijańska na Bitolszczyźnie i we wsi Nowaci
Christian Tradition on Bitolszczyzna and in the Village Nowaci

Summary/Abstract: The paper portrays the Macedonian folk Christianity, existing outside the official Church.Systematic scientific researches, also conducted nowadays, have shown that this phenomenon isnot only still alive, but it is even growing – especially after 1989, when the Church in Macedoniastarted to recover. In the mainstream of popular Christianity, the Marian tradition is representedmost strongly. Macedonians believe that the Mother of God since time immemorial until todayhas been personally involved in the construction of their church – as well in the spiritual as in thematerial meaning. An example could be the village Nowaci from Bitolszczyzna. Its population isconvinced, that the church and monastery in the village were built on the order of Mary and according to her architectural project. The middleman between the Mother of God and the builders wassupposed to be local clairvoyant Menka, called in a supernatural way to serve God.

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