marina2006.02.19 [15:00]
ZOČIŠTE - Monastery of Holly Doctors Cosmas and Damian
Protected in 1954
The monastery was founded in the 14-th century. It was restored in the 16-th century, after the reinstatement of the Partriarchate of Peć.
The monastery was famous for its library and tresaury, while in the 19-th century it used to house a schoo. Remains of the origin fresco decoration included a frieye of prophets in the vault. The iconostasis was composed of parts dating from the 16-th - 17-th and 19-th centuries. Conventual buildings mostly dated from the 19-th and 20-th century.
The monastery underwent a through restoration and conservation in the 1980s.
*** The church was mined, while the conventual buildings were set on fire in 1999, after the arrival of the UN Mission and KFOR in Kosovo and Metohija.
Icons from the iconostasis and the Royal Doors, as well as liturgical vessels were rescued from the ruins and are now kept in Velika Hoča.
The ruins are located in an area populated by Albanians.
Without physical protection.
