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It is located in the immediate vicinity of Lake Ohrid, next to Ohrid's Lower Gate. The name Bolnicki (of Hospital) is owed to the quarter that bears the same name. It was also named Bolnicki (of Hospital) because it was located at the very entrance into the Lower Town, adjacent to the Gate, and received all newcomers as a sort of a quarantine for preventing the spreading of contagious diseases. The newcomers were allowed into the town later, after it was determined that they were healthy. It is not precisely known when it was built. It is believed that it dates back form within the period between the XIII and XIV centuries, since similar churches were simultaneously built within the region. Kosta Balabanov presumes that it was built and fresco painted in 1313. The dating of the frescoes is also subject to diverging sources. The most precise estimate is that the frescoes in the church were painted in several phases: 1312/1313, 1330 - 1340, and all the way to 1345/46. N. P. Kondakov writes that the church used to have a XIII century door ornamented with reliefs, stolen in 1916. Does it mean that the church existed even in the XIII century, and in 1313 was merely reconstructed? During the XV century, a parvis was added on the southern side. The parvis was fresco painted in 1480/81. Its structure reveals a very small church, and in 1929 it was still under construction.
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