The church of St. Bogorodica Zahumska - Zaum

The church of St. Bogorodica Zahumska - Zaum

The church St. Bogorodica Zahumska is located on the shore of Lake Ohrid, on its eastern part around 20 km of the town of Ohrid near the village of Trpejca. It is usually called St. Zaum. An inscription in the interior indicates that it was built and fresco painted in 1361. This church, like the churches of St. Bogorodica Perivlepta (St. Clement) and St. John the Theologian - Kaneo, is in the shape of a cruciform with a dome surmounting the central part.

The blind arches divide its three-sided apse. The church in its original shape also had a parvis. The frescoes of the church St. Bogorodica Zahumska are highly damaged.

The Saints portrayed to their natural size dominate the first zone. Amongst them are the portraits of the Hermits, Ss. Clement and Naum, Christ, The Holy Mother, and others. The second zone is filled with scenes of the Life of the Holy Mother with an emphasis on the innovative nature in depicting the interior in the scene of The Birth of the Virgin Mary. The eastern wall of the former parvis is covered with the scene showing Jesus Christ and the Holy Mother dressed in royal garments. There are also portraits of Ss. Peter and Paul, as well as of Ss. George and Dimitry dressed in noble robes.