The church of Archangel Michael is a large three-aisled basilica with a gable roof. The central aisle has three domes, and the two side aisles are divided by arcades into several domes, vaults and barrel vaults. To the eastern side of the church is located the wide altar apse and internal niches that serve as a prothesis and diakonicon. The interior of the church preserves fine quality mural paintings rendered by well educated masters. The colors are bright and the figures are proportional, rendered linearly, whereas the ornamental frieze is complex. There are obvious stylistic and thematic similarities with the churches, painted by the masters from Linotopi. The choice of scenes is associated with the large bishop and metropolitan centers. This church also boasts the earliest portrayal of St. John Vladimir as cephalophoros (head - carrier) known to date. The question of the dating of the murals raised by the three dates in the donors' inscription and in the apse also remains open, since the murals are closer in style to 17th century painting. 

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