The church "The Ascendance of the Holy Mother" - Velestovo

The church "The Ascendance of the Holy Mother" is located on the slopes of Mount Galicica, about 5 km from Ohrid. This is a small church, one-naval in shape with semi-circled vault and an external three-sided apse. Stone, cut and crushed, was the material used for the construction.

The frescoes in the church were painted in two phases. The first, according to the inscriptions (in Old Slavonic language), they were painted in 1444, while the second in 1451. The two phases are distinguishable. The artist of the first phase seems to be quite mature, unlike the author of the frescoes from the second phase. The frescoes completely follow the trend that prevailed during the presence of the Ottoman Turks in Macedonia.