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KOSOVO - SCUTARY - DISAPPEARED CHURCH


Queen Helen of Serbia (Helen of Anjou) had an Orthodox church built in the vicinity of Scutary and also aided the construction of a much greater number of Catholic places of worship, giving support to members of the order of St. Francis. Early sources reveal that in 1288 were consecrated Franciscan churches in monasteries in Kotor, Bar, Ulcinj (all thrre in Montenegro) and Scutary which echoed the characteristic appearance of religious buildings of the Umbrian-Tuscan type, with a simple, elongated space that could accommodate a large number of believers.

These ambitious ventures of Queen Helen were also sustained by her sons. A well-preserved inscription from 1290 states that with kings Dragutin and Milutin she had the church of SS Sergios and Bakchos built near Scutary on the bank of the Bojana; this church was subsequently sworn away by the river.

KOSOVO - DEČANI MONASTERY


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The Martyrdom of Sts. Sergios and Baccus - fresco from the Visoki Dečani Monastery in, depending on one's view of the matter, either the Republic of Kosovo or Serbia's province of Kosovo and Metohija - Narthex, Central Nave, West Dome

Visoki Dečani Monastery is a major Serbian Orthodox monastery, situated in Kosovo & Metohija, 12 km south from the town of Peć. Its cathedral is the biggest medieval church in the Balkans which contains the largest preserved monument of Byzantine fresco-painting.

The monastery was established in a chestnut grove by king Stefan Dečanski in 1327. Its original founding charter is dated to 1330, however. Next year the king died and was buried at the monastery, which henceforth became his popular shrine. The construction activities were continued by his son Stefan Dusan until 1335, but the wall-painting was not completed until 1350.


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Frescoes from around the year 1350.

KOSOVO - PEC - PATRIARCHAL MONASTERY


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Sts. Bacchus and Sergius - Church of Sts. Nicholas - Above the altar - XIV century Fresco

KOSOVO - PEC - PATRIARCHAL MONASTERY


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Sergius and Bacchus, Martyrs
Church of Our Lady of Hodegetria (Protectress), nave - South Arm of the Cross, South Wall St. Sergius and Bacchus - 1330's

KOSOVO - PECS - PATRIARCHAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY APOSTLES


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Sergius of Rome, martyr - XIV century fresco.

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Bacchus Romanus, martyr - XIV century fresco.

KOSOVO - GRAČANICA - THEOTHOKOS CHURCH


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Fresco of Sergius and Bacchus as depicted in October calendar portraits in the earlier fourteenth-century icons (betw. 1312 and 1321/1322) on a pillar east side, south of the nave of the monastery church of the Theotokos at Gračanica.



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Saint Bacchus as depicted in another earlier fourteenth-century fresco of the nave of the monastery church of the Theotokos at Gračanica

The Gračanica Monastery is one of King Milutin's last monumental endowments. It is situated in the village of Gračanica, a Serb enclave 5 km from Pristina. The monastery is in the close vicinity of Lipljan (ancient Roman town of Ulpiana), the old residence of bishops.

KOSOVO - GRAČANICA - THEOTHOKOS CHURCH


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Fresco of Sergius and Bacchus as depicted in October calendar portraits in the earlier fourteenth-century icons (betw. 1312 and 1321/1322) on a pillar east side, south of the nave of the monastery church of the Theotokos at Gračanica.



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Saint Bacchus as depicted in another earlier fourteenth-century fresco of the nave of the monastery church of the Theotokos at Gračanica

The Gračanica Monastery is one of King Milutin's last monumental endowments. It is situated in the village of Gračanica, a Serb enclave 5 km from Pristina. The monastery is in the close vicinity of Lipljan (ancient Roman town of Ulpiana), the old residence of bishops.

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