A huge fire broke out on Wednesday morning at the Monastery of Sveti Jovan Bigorski. The initial results of the investigation show the fire broke out due to a faulty electrical wiring at the kitchen. The fire totally destroyed the monastery library, kitchen, dining room, lodgings and guest room. Fortunately, nobody was injured and thanks to the residents of the nearby villages and the firefighting brigades, the symbol of Sveti Jovan Bigorski, the iconostasis of the 19th century, was saved. The damage has initially been estimated at 5.5 million euros. The Head of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Archbishop Stefan, President Gjorge Ivanov and Culture Minister Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska arrived at the monastery later on Wednesday. They all said efforts would be made to reconstruct the monastery as soon as possible.