Monastery Devič
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The Devič Monastery (; ) is a Serbian Orthodox abbey in Kosovo. It was built in 1434 and is dedicated to St Joanikije of Devič. Devič was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990.
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- Monastery.name
- Devič Monastery
- Monastery.image
- 12-Devic.jpg
- Monastery.caption
- Devič Monastery reconstruction after it was burned down in 2004
- Monastery.full
- Манастир Девич
- Monastery.other_names
- Manastiri i Deviçit
- Monastery.order
- Serbian Orthodox
- Monastery.established
- 1434
- Monastery.diocese
- Eparchy of Raška and Prizren
- Monastery.founder
- Despot Đurađ Branković
- Monastery.dedication
- St. Joanikije of Devič
- Monastery.people
- Đurađ BrankovićPatriarch MakarijeEuphemia the Nun
- Monastery.location
- Skenderaj, Drenica, Kosovo
- Monastery.public_access
- Limited
- Monastery.heritage_designation
- Cultural monument of Exceptional Importance
- Monastery.designated_date
- 24 March 1948
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The Devič Monastery (; ) is a Serbian Orthodox abbey in Kosovo. It was built in 1434 and is dedicated to St Joanikije of Devič. Devič was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990.
==History== The founder of the monastery is Despot Đurađ Branković, who had it built in memory of his daughter. In the Ottoman census from 1455, the monastery is mentioned as the church of the Theotokos (dedicated to The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple). During Turkish occupation the monastery was pulled down, but the church and the site with the grave of St. Joanikije was reconstructed, and was painted in 1578. thumb|250px|left|Serbs leaving monastery after 2004 unrest in Kosovo|2004 unrest The monastery was destroyed and burnt down during World War II in 1941 by forces of the Albanian Fascist Party, the prior Damaskin Bošković was killed, and Italian troops disassembled the two big bells and took them away in 1942. It was rebuilt in 1947.
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