The conservation and restoration of the church "St. Vlasie" is realized by the Centre for
development of the East planning region within the
Project "Cultural bridge through the centuries", funded by the INTERREG IPA CBC Program Republic of Bulgaria – Republic of North Macedonia.
The conservation and restoration of the church "St. Vlasie ”is performed by the economic operator BV Engineering DOO Bitola, and the value of the construction works is in the amount of about 89,300 euros.
The church "St. Vlasie” is located at the archaeological site Isar and was discovered with
archaeological excavations by an expert team from the Institute for protection of the cultural monuments and Museum – Shtip in 2010. The construction activities envisage conservation and restoration of all wall canvases with stone and opus with a wall up to a maximum of 1.5 meters from the ground level. The apse part of the exterior as well as the perimeter walls of the church will be restored with processed sandstone.
The existing entrance will be indicated on the west wall, and inside the building the northwest pillar will be restored at a height of 0.7 meters from the ground level. The floor will be restored on
its entire surface with stone slabs, inclining from east to west due to the outflow of atmospheric water from the entrance of the church. The attached part of the south wall will be preserved and restored at a lower height of about 40 cm from the church wall.
The second part of the project is the construction of an access path to the church on the west side, in a length of 146 meters which will be made entirely of stone.
The third part of the project includes lighting of the access path and the church "St. Vlasie ”with decorative candelabras, installation of benches, info board and road signs.
The contractor BV Engineering DOO Bitola is expected to complete the restoration and conservation of the church "St. Vlasie" in 14 months.
