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Similar St Athanasius' Church, St Elijah's Church - Moscopole, St John the Baptist's, St Mary's Church - Moscopole, Byzantine Church - Lin |
St. Michael's Church (Albanian: Kisha e Shën Mëhillit or Kisha Kryeengjëjt Mihail dhe Gavriil, Greek: Ιερός Ναός Αρχαγγέλων Μιχαήλ και Γαβριήλ or Ιερός Ναός Ταξιαρχών), also known as Church of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel is an Orthodox church in Moscopole, modern southeastern Albania. The church was built in 1722 and is one out of five remaining churches standing in the once prosperous Aromanian metropolis of Moscopole.
During the prohibition of religion in Albania, in 1948, it was declared a Cultural Monument of Albania. In 1996 the church became a target of vandalism with 23 paintings of Saints being heavily damaged.
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