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The Visoki Dečani Monastery is a medieval Serbian Orthodox Christian monastery located near Deçan, Kosovo. It was founded in the first half of the 14th century by Stefan Dečanski, King of Serbia. Dečani is by far the largest medieval church in the Balkans and one of the most complex architectural achievements of the 14th century. [1]
The Dečani chrysobulls (Serbian: Дечанске хрисовуље, Dečanske hrisovulje) alternatively known as the Dečani charters (Serbian: Дечанске повеље, Dečanske povelje) are chrysobulls dating to 1330–1345 that constitute the founding charters issued by the Serbian King Stefan Dečanski after the building of the monastery of Visoki Dečani was completed, in 1330.
The Medieval Monuments in Kosovo (Serbian: Средњовековни споменици на Косову, Srednjovekovni spomenici na Kosovu, Albanian: Monumentet Mesjetare në Kosovë) are a World Heritage Site consisting of four Serbian Orthodox Christian churches and monasteries which represent the fusion of the eastern Orthodox Byzantine and the western Romanesque ecclesiastical ...
Escobar also praised the “difficult but necessary” decision taken on Wednesday by Kosovo's government to recognize the land rights of a 14th century Serbian Orthodox monastery of Visoki Decani ...
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The Serb population, estimated at 140,000 people, is largely Serbian Orthodox. Kosovo has 156 monasteries and many churches, Serb Orthodox churches and monasteries, [31] [32] [33] of which three are World Heritage Sites of Serbia as Medieval Monuments in Kosovo*: the Patriarchal Monastery of Peć, Visoki Decani, Our Lady of Ljeviš, and Gračanica.
Sava Janjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Сава Јањић; born 6 December 1965), born as Dragutin Janjić (Драгутин Јањић) is a Serbian Orthodox archimandrite and a hegumen of the Visoki Dečani monastery. [1]
Dečanski is seen as a noble character in epic poetry, and the Serbian Orthodox Church had him canonized. His feast day is 11 November (old style), thus being 24 November (new style). [27] His remains are venerated at the church of the Visoki Dečani monastery, which he built, in the region of Metohija. [28] [29]