The Bigorski monastery St. John the Baptist/Jovan Krstitel (or Svestena Bigorska Obitel) - a monastery on the road between Gostivar and Debar. In the immediate vicinity are the villages of Rostushe, Bituse, Velebrdo and Trebiste, along the river Radika, in western Macedonia. According to the Bigorski monument, the monastery was founded by the monk Jovan in 1020, and in the 16th century the monastery was destroyed by the Ottoman authorities and only one small church remained from the whole complex.
It is also learned from the monuments that the monastery was restored in 1743 by the Hieromonk Hilarion. He is the first abbot of the Bigorski monastery in recent times. The name Bigorski Monastery comes from the fact that it was built of limestone. The Bigorski monastery consists of the monastery church, dedicated to John the Baptist, the ossuary, located next to the church itself, the Seymen defense tower, the complex of monastery lodgings, and the newly built guest lodgings.