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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.

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

References

  1. ^ "B92 - Travel - Poganovo monastery: Secluded in nature". www.b92.net. Archived from the original on 2006-06-17.
  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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