Arvati

Arvati is a village in the Resen Municipality of North Macedonia. Located from the municipal centre of Resen, the village has 137 residents. It is situated east of Lake Prespa, at the foot of Baba Mountain.

History

In the 19th century, Arvati was part of the Manastir Sanjak, a subdivision of the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.

Demographics

The demographics of Arvati are written in several Macedonian sources. According to Yordan Iliev Yordanov, Arvati in 1873 had 45 households and 136 male inhabitants. In 1905, Dimitar Mishev wrote Arvati's population consisted of Macedonians and 186 Albanians.
From the mid twentieth century onward, Arvati's population has consisted of Orthodox Macedonians and Sunni Muslim Albanians, with the latter forming a majority.
The mothers tongues of the residents, much like the ethnic affiliations, include 51 native Macedonian speakers, 84 Albanian speakers, and two with a different mother tongue.

Religion

The religious affiliations of the village's residents also followed ethnic lines, with 51 identifying as Orthodox Christians, 85 as Muslims, and one as something else, as of the 2002 census.
Arvati is home to four churches dedicated to St Nicholas, Sts Constantine and Elena, St Archangel Michael, and the Ascension of the Virgin Mary.