• Length in direction: 9,5 km.
  • Difficulty level: 7/10
  • Climbing time: 3 hours
  • Climbing with children: 3,5 hours
  • Height difference: 720 m.
  • Starting point:

    Monastery St. Joakim Osogovski

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Carev Vrv – peak of the Osogovo Mountains in the Republic of Macedonia, 2,084 meters high. It is also known by its Turkish name Sultan Tepe. Carev Vrv can be climbed from two sides: from the Kriva Palanka – Monastery of St. Joakim Osogovski and from Kochani through Ponikva.

Kalin Kamen – peak of the Osogovo Mountains in Krivopalanechko, northeastern Macedonia. It is 1,884 m high. Under the peak was the former village of Kalin Kamen.

Kalin Kamen – an artificial lake located in the former historical village of the same name and under the mountain peak of the same name in the Osogovo Mountains.

St. Joakim Osogovski or Osogovo Monastery – a monastery about 3 km northeast of Kriva Palanka, in the arms of the oak forest of the Osogovo Mountains, is dedicated to the hermit and the miracle worker St. Joakim Osogovski.

It was founded in the 12th century, also known by the name Sarandapore. In these areas, towards the end of the XI and the beginning of the XII century, lived the hermit St. Joakim Osogovski together with the famous St. John of Rila, St. Prokhor Pchinski and St. Gavril Lesnovski.

In the immediate vicinity of Kriva Palanka (2 km from the center) is the famous Macedonian monastery of Saint Joakim Osogovski, which is 1003 years old and is a well-known and visited tourist attraction. On August 28 every year, the traditional celebration of the religious holiday of the Holy Mother of God is held in the monastery, attended by more than 20,000 people from the city, the surrounding area and other cities of the country.

History of the monastery of St. Joakim Osogovski begins with the announcement of the saint in the area of Osogovo and his holy mission of asceticism. One of the most authentic traditions of Krivopalanje, which has been present in the collective memory since the ninth century, knows more about the Normans, who entered Macedonia in the early eighties of the eleventh century. From those armies St. Joakim Osogovski was worried about the asceticism in the village of Gradec. any reason to choose a new place to venture. For this purpose, he chose the cave in the Babin Dol area, in close proximity to the location of the monastery of St. Joakim Osogovski. James did not write documents about the church heritage and organization in Krivopalanečko before the announcement of St. Joakim, the numerous archaeological sites in which more than fifteen are mentioned under the name of churches and monasteries go in favor of the leader that St. Joachim came to an environment with a church-spiritual life.

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