Voskopoja is known for its 22 old churches, of which only 8 are functional today.
The show "Stop" took a close look at the Church of the Archangels, Saint Michael and Gabriel, which dates back to 1722. For a year, the roof of this church has been damaged and has fallen.
For this problem, the journalist of "Stop" turned to the Directorate of National Culture Korçë and we talked with the director Edvis Koki.
He says that the project has been approved, but is in the procurement phase from the Albanian Development Fund.
"Absolutely yes, that we are aware of. It was also referred to by us in terms of the problem. It is listed among the objects of the risk list, which are objects that have a priority need to intervene and together with three other objects in Voskopoja and Vithkuq. So it is an intervention package, which provides for the entire restoration of the church, the replacement of all damaged elements. Even the part of the monumental lighting of the church, we can even start the project designed by us, which solves all these problems.
To my knowledge, it is in the procurement phase, because the procurement was done by another entity, it was done by the Albanian Development Fund through Bezh and very soon, I believe it is still in the procurement phase according to Albanian legislation. I believe that within the month of March, the restoration process of these objects, which also belong to the paths of faith, can begin. The approval of the project has been carried out, don't get me wrong now, I am not clear, in the month of April the restoration project of the church of St. Michael was approved. So, the project has been updated, because it was approved two years ago as a project. Because it is a very large object, that is, it is an object that does not require, so the intervention could only come through maintenance, because the entire roof has problems in the object and it has been seen from our side, that only the capital restoration of the building,