St. Marena's Monastery () is an Albanian Orthodox monastery near Llëngë,

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, dedicated to

Marina the Monk Marina, distinguished as Marina the Monk and also known as Marina the Syrian, Marinos, Pelagia (this being the Greek equivalent of 'Marina'; see Pelagia) and Mary of Alexandria (), was a Christian saint from part of Asian Byzantine Empire, Byzan ...

and built in the 17th century. It is a

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Description

The church is a small building around 12 meters long. The altar is divided from the central nave by a wooden carved iconostas. All the interiors are frescoed by 18th century paintings of Kostandin Shpataraku.

References

{{Religious Cultural Monuments in Korçë County 14th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings Cultural Monuments of Albania Buildings and structures in Pogradec