Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery

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Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery

Monastery information
Order	Macedonian Orthodox
Established	1020
Diocese	Diocese of Debar and Kičevo
Controlled churches	Church of St John the Baptist
People
Founder(s)	John of Debar
Site
Location	Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality
Coordinates	41°37′19″N 20°36′42″E / 41.62194°N 20.61167°E / 41.62194; 20.61167
Public access	yes

The Monastery of Saint Jovan Bigorski (Macedonian: Свети Јован Бигорски) is a Macedonian Orthodox monastery located in the western part of North Macedonia, near the road connecting the towns of Debar and Gostivar.

The monastery church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. One of its most valuable treasures is the iconostasis, created by Petre Filipov - Garkata^[1] from the nearby village of Gari [mk], and considered one of the finest examples of wood-carved iconostases.