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580:: Do not forget that Lord Gjin Musachi, my father and your grandfather, died in Sereziabunga and was buried at the church of Saint Mary which he himself had built in Bunga. His grave is just outside the church on the south side. My mother and Lady Chiranna, my grandmother, the mother of my father, also lies buried at the said church, on the west side. The said lady, my grandmother, built the church of the Holy Trinity in Laudari (Lavdar) near Ceria (Xerje) and, in the same fashion, our descendants built the church of Saint George in Erosto.
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and thus survived the state of atheism that was installed in
Albania. In 2013, a restoration and structural rehabilitation project of the church was implemented by a joint cooperation of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korça, the Regional Directorate of the Monuments of Culture and the local government.
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Për herë të parë, emri i një fisniku nga familja e
Muzakajve, është përmendur nga historiania bizantine, Ana Komnena. Është fjala për pinjollin e parë të Muzakajve, i cili në vitin 1090, u bë ndër komandantët më të besuar të Perandorit Aleksi I Komneni i
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Në disa raste, kur kishat kishin ditën e panairit të tyre, aty vinin jo vetëm të krishterë, po më shumë myslimanë, burra, gra, fëmijë, të moshuar. Dhuronin para e rupa argjendi. Hynin në kishë dhe puthnin ikonat dhe kryenin ritet e
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742:"Objektet e kultit në Opar të Korçës"
468:"Objektet e kultit në Opar të Korçës"
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949:Holy Trinity Church, Lavdar i Oparit
429:LISTA E MONUMENTEVE: RRETHI I KORÇËS
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740:Bitraku, Apostol (July 29, 2008).
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939:St. Demetrius' Church, Boboshticë
908:Monastery of St. John the Baptist
800:. Top Channel. September 30, 2013
631:. L'Institut. 1990. p. 179.
395:(drum shaped dome) rested on its
980:Holy Resurrection Church, Mborje
207:Kisha e Shën Triadhës në Lavdar
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603:. Robert Elsie. Archived from
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990:St. Michael's Church, Vithkuq
934:St. John's Church, Boboshticë
199:Holy Trinity Church of Lavdar
984:St. George's Church, Shipckë
365:Cultural Monument of Albania
239:Cultural Monument of Albania
211:Holy Trinity Church of Tudas
182:Cultural Monument of Albania
975:St. Mary's Church, Maligrad
944:St. George's Church, Dardhë
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495:"Objekte kulti në Opar"
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917:Other towns
576:Gjon Muzaka
534:October 28,
401:iconography
397:pendentives
337:Gjon Muzaka
304:Sessile oak
279:Gjon Muzaka
107: /
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1004:Categories
888:St. Elijah
411:References
301:(English:
255:Tudas Rock
192:15.01.1963
189:Designated
95:20°30′12″E
92:40°37′15″N
51:Leadership
875:Moscopole
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405:dry stone
393:tholobate
385:Byzantine
382:aisleless
335:of 1515,
331:. In his
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241:in 1963.
219:Byzantine
171:Materials
162:Completed
76:, Albania
966:, Llëngë
893:St. Mary
369:frescoes
353:toponymy
325:Kastoria
259:Albanian
245:Location
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