The cave church of St. Erasmo

There are numerous cave churches in the vicinity of Ohrid. Research has shown that a cave located about 2 km from Ohrid (on the right side of the Struga - Ohrid motorway) was the first to be converted into a monk cell or a church. In the course of its long history this cave church was reconstructed many times, but the frescoes painted on the rock have been preserved to the present day. On the basis of the portraits it is estimated that they originate from the first decades of the XIII century. The name of the fresco painter who decorated the church is unknown.

The assumption is that the church and the dormitories were used either by monks or by a small monastic fraternity.