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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 sites are located in Kosovo. In 2004, UNESCO recognized the Dečani Monastery for its outstanding universal value. Two years later, the site of patrimony was extended as a serial nomination, to include three other religious monuments: Patriarchate of Peć Monastery, Our Lady of Ljeviš and Gračanica Monastery.
English: A 14th-century fresco of Jesus Christ bearing the cross, from the Visoki Dečani monastery in Kosovo. Date 14th century; originally uploaded to en.wikipedia on 11 July 2005.
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.
In 2011, at the suggestion of the Bishop of Raška and Prizren, Teodosije (Šibalić), he was elected hegumen - abbot of the monastery Visoki Dečani. Father Sava Janjić publicly advocated peace and reconciliation as the only way to resolve problems in Kosovo and opposed equally to any form of aggressive nationalism. [3]
As part of their feudal obligations, the local population of Deçan provided labour and payment in products to the Visoki Dečani monastery. Visoki Dečani monastery was founded in the first half of the 14th century. The chrysobulls listed that Visoki Dečani held such rights over 2,097 households of meropsi (dependent farmers-serfs), 266 Vlach ...
Stefan Uroš III was the son of King Stefan Uroš II Milutin and his first wife Jelena, a Serbian noblewoman. He was born before his father took the throne in 1282. While still a youth, he was sent by his father as a hostage with his entourage to Nogai Khan of the Golden Horde, to maintain the peace between the Serbs and Tatars.
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.