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Poganovo monastery

View of the Poganovo monastery.
Monastery information
Full name	Манастир Светог Јована Богослова - Погановo
Other names	Monastery of St. Jovan Bogoslov
Order	Serbian Orthodox
Established	late 14th century
Dedicated to	Saint John the Theologian
Diocese	Eparchy of Niš
People
Founder(s)	Constantine Dragas
Architecture
Heritage designation	Cultural monument of Great Importance
Designated date	31 May 1967
Site
Location	Jerma gorge, near Dimitrovgrad

The Poganovo Monastery (Serbian: Mанастир Погановo, romanized: Manastir 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. 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.

See also

• Monuments of Culture of Great Importance
• Tourism in Serbia

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.

Further reading

• Pentcheva, B. Imagined Images: Visions of Salvation and Intercession in a Double-Sided Icon from Poganovo. - Dumbarton Oaks Papers 54 (2000), 139-153.
• The Double-Sided Icon from Poganovo (Plates)
• Walter, Chr. The Iconography of the Prophet Habakkuk - Revue des études byzantines, T. 47 (1989), pp. 251-260

External links

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