Zočište Monastery - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Zočište Monastery - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Zočište Monastery (; ) or formally St. Cosmas and Damian's Monastery () is a Serbian Orthodox monastery belonging to the Eparchy of Raška and Prizren, situated in the village of Zočište, about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Orahovac, Kosovo. The original church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, was built in the 13th century. The graveyard includes tombstones dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries. The monastery was renovated in the 16th century and again in 2008 after being destroyed in 1999. The Church building has been rebuilt on the existing and consolidated foundations using original building material from the ruins of the old church. Read more on Wikipedia
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