St. Mary's Church, Maligrad

{{Infobox religious building

| name = St. Mary’s Cave Church

| native_name = Albanian: Shpella e Maligradit

| religious_affiliation = Eastern Orthodox Christianity

| coordinates = {{coord|40.7920|N|20.9317|E|}}

| location = Maligrad, lake Prespa

| country = Albania

| architecture_style = Serbian Orthodox Art

| founded_by = Kesar Novak

| year_completed = 1369

}}

The St. Mary's Church or Virgin Mary's Church ({{Langx|sq|Shpella e Maligradit}}) is an Eastern Orthodox cave church on the island of Maligrad, in the Albanian part of Lake Prespa. It is a Cultural Monument of Albania.{{cite web|url=http://kshk.gov.al/index.php?fq=brenda&gj=gj2&kid=19|title=Religious buildings with the "Culture Monument" status|publisher=Republic of Albania National Committee for Cult|accessdate=October 28, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706071224/http://kshk.gov.al/index.php?fq=brenda&gj=gj2&kid=19|archivedate=July 6, 2011}} The church is dedicated to Saint Mary and was built by Serbian nobleman Kesar Novak (alb. Qesar Novaku{{cite book|last=Anamali|first=Skënder|title=Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime|volume=I|year=2002|pages=294–295|publisher=Botimet Toena|language=Albanian|oclc=52411919}}), in the year 1369.Dr Vlad. R. Petković, [http://www.rastko.rs/projekti/cm/1/vpetkovic-spomenici_l.html Stari srpski spomenici u Južnoj Srbiji]: "Na PRESPI kesar Novak podiže 1369. god. crkvu Bogorodici (na ostrvu Mali Grad)."

The church has frescoes and Greek inscriptions dated to 1369. Frescoes exist of the family of Kesar Novak, with his Greek wife Kalia.{{cite web |url=http://www.ni.rs/byzantium/doc/zbornik4/PDF-IV/Zure.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-05-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006154644/http://www.ni.rs/byzantium/doc/zbornik4/PDF-IV/Zure.pdf |archivedate=2011-10-06 }}Ivan M. Đorđević, Zidno slikarstvo srpske vlastele u doba Nemanjica. OCLC [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34957313?tab=details 34957313], sl. 84 i 85