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Poganovo Monastery

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Poganovo monastery
File:Poganovo manastir.jpg
View of the Poganovo monastery.
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Monastery information
Full nameМанастир Светог Јована Богослова - Погановo
Other namesMonastery of St. Jovan Bogoslov
OrderSerbian Orthodox
Establishedlate 14th century
Dedicated toSaint John the Theologian
DioceseEparchy of Niš
People
FounderConstantine Dragas
Architecture
Heritage designationCultural monument of Great Importance
Designated date31 May 1967
Site
LocationJerma gorge, near Dimitrovgrad
File:Deposition-of-Christ.jpg
Frescoes from the Monastery church. From left to right: Descent from the Cross; Lamentation of Christ; Cutting of the empty Shroud; at the bottom heads of St Simeon Mirotočivi and Saint Sava, painted in all Serb monasteries

The Poganovo Monastery (Serbian: Mанастир Погановo, romanizedManastir Poganovo) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery situated in the gorges of the river Jerma, near the village Poganovo, municipality of Dimitrovgrad, Serbia.

According to some sources the frescoes were made by masters from Northern Greece.[1] Frescoes inscriptions are in Church Slavonic language Serbian Redaction.

Poganovo Monastery was protected by Serbia since 1949, and declared Monument of Culture of Great Importance in 1979, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia.[2][3][4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Monuments of Culture in Serbia: "Манастир Поганово" (SANU) (in Serbian and English)
  3. ^ G. Babić, 'Sur l'icônede Poganovo el la Vasilissa Hélèn', in D. Davidov, ed., L'Art de Thessalonique et des pays Balkaniques et les courants spirituels auXIVe siècle (Belgrade, 1987), pp 57-65
  4. ^ G. Subotić, Ikona vasilise Jelene i osnovaći manastira Poganova, Saopštenja 25 (1993), pp. 25-40.

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