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Monastery of St. Mark of Koriša

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Saint Mark Koriški Monastery
Црква Светог Марка Коришког
Religion
AffiliationSerbian Orthodox
DistrictPrizren
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusDamaged in summer 1999
LeadershipSerbian Orthodox Church
Location
LocationKosovo
Geographic coordinates42°15′16″N 20°47′54″E / 42.25455°N 20.79822°E / 42.25455; 20.79822
Architecture
Completedaround 1467
MaterialsStone
Official name: Manastir sa Crkvom Sv. Marka
TypeMonument of Culture
Designated9 August 1965[1]

The Monastery of St. Mark of Koriša (Serbian: Манастир Свети Марко Коришки, romanized: Manastir Sveti Marko Koriški; Albanian: Manastiri i Markut të Shenjtë, Korishë) was a Serbian Orthodox monastery built in 1467, located in Korishë, Prizren, Kosovo. The entire complex was declared a Protected Monument of Culture in 1959, and it is de jure protected by Republic of Serbia.[2] It was a single-nave church, built on a rectangular foundation. It was severely damaged after the end of the Kosovo War in 1999.[2]

History

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The ruins of the monastery of St. Mark of Koriša stands on a rocky outpost above the Koriša river near the village of Korishë, near Prizren.[3] According to preserved documents, the monastery was built by Jovan and Branko Vlahić in 1467, and it was a metochion (granted church land) to the Hermitage of St. Peter of Koriša, built in the 13th century.[3] The monastery is mentioned in the Ottoman defter of 1520.[3] It was abandoned in the 16th century, and reactivated in the 17th century.[3] In 1765, monk Neofit brought "many books from Visoki Dečani".[3]

In 1779, Partenije Popović was a monk at the monastery, whither he brought several important medieval books and manuscripts.[4] In 1859, a schoolteacher in Prizren, Nikola Musulin, found Dušan's Code, the constitution of the Serbian Empire. The following year the charter of the Monastery of the Holy Archangels also issued by Stefan Dušan was found in St. Nicholas Church of Koriša.[5] On the western side, above the rock, a belfry with two bells was added in 1861 as a foundation of Sima Andrejević.[6]

After that, monastery was almost abandoned up until 1995, when monastery life restarted.[citation needed] In 1999, the monastery was vandalized and set on fire,[7] when the preserved fragment of the original fresco was destroyed. The monastery had a valuable library.

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  • One of the oldest manuscripts of Dušan's Code, "Prizren Manuscript" was kept in Saint Mark Koriški Monastery
    One of the oldest manuscripts of Dušan's Code, "Prizren Manuscript" was kept in Saint Mark Koriški Monastery

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts 2006.
  2. ^ a b Monuments of Culture in Serbia: "Манастир са црквно Св. Марка" (SANU) (in Serbian and English)
  3. ^ a b c d e "Pomozite manastiru Svetog Marka Koriskog". KIM-info. August 7, 2005. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011.
  4. ^ Slovo, No. 18, p. 45 (in Serbian)
  5. ^ Radovanović 2008, p. 268
  6. ^ Janićijević, Jovan (1998). The Cultural Treasury of Serbia. IDEA. p. 506. ISBN 9788675470397.
  7. ^ Veselin Kesich. "VI". Kosovo in the History of the Serbian Church.

Sources

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  • "Manastir sa Crkvom Sv. Marka". Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. 2006.
  • Radovanović, Milovan (2008). "Kosovo i Metohija: antropogeografske, istorijskogeografske, demografske i geopolitičke osnove". Službeni glasnik.


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