Category:St. Nicholas Drimeni Church

**St. Nicholas Drimeni Church, Struga**
	church building in Struga, Macedonia
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Instance of	church building;
Named after	Saint Nicholas;
Location	Struga, Struga Municipality, North Macedonia
Diocese	Debar-Kičevo Diocese;
Inception	1983;
Religion or worldview	Macedonian Orthodox Church;
	41° 10′ 30.8″ N, 20° 40′ 39.56″ E
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Македонски: Црквата Свети Никола Дримени се наоѓа на левата страна на реката Црни Дрим. При ѕидањето на црквата се откриени темелите на старата црква, но не се зачувани податоци за нејзината форма. Нејзиниот патронен празник е 19 декември кога редовно се изведува црковна богослужба. Се претпоставува дека првата црква Св. Никола Дримени била изградена во стара Струга, која ја покажуваат 15 мин одење југозападно од денешната крај Езерото, каде што постоел некаков вид на параклис. Велат дека стариот град се викал Дримени и дека бил голем град со 16 000 куќи и 24 цркви, со плоштад и палати на столбови. Навистина, и денес кога е бистро езерото можат во него да се видат калдрми и ѕидови. Од оваа населба се претпоставува дека дошло и името на црквата Свети Никола Дримени.

English: The church of St. Nikola Drimeni is located on the left bank of the river Crn Drim. While the church was being built, the foundations of the old church were found but there was no information about its appearance. Its patron is celebrated on 19 December when a religious mass is regularly performed. It is believed that the first church of St. Nikola Drimeni was built in the old town of Struga, which is believed to be located on a 15 minutes walk south-west from today’s church, on the lake shore, where there was some kind of “paraklis”- a small church. People say that the old town was called Drimeni and it was a large town with 16000 houses and 24 churches, with a square and palaces on posts. And even today when the water of the lake is clear, the paved streets and walls can be seen though the water. It is assumed that the name of the church of St. Nikola Drimeni has derived from this settlement’ name.