STARO HOPOVO MONASTERY – Irig

STARO HOPOVO MONASTERY – Irig

Staro Hopovo Monastery is situated in the eastern part of Fruška Gora mountains, 2 km away from the Monastery Novo Hopovo. According to tradition, was founded by Đorđe Branković. Reliable records of the monastery date back to 1745–1746.

Based on documents from 1751, it is evident that by that time the monastery had a church with wooden walls dedicated to St. Nicholas. In place of this church, which was destroyed in an earthquake, the present single-nave building with a dome was constructed in 1752, dedicated to St. Panteleimon.

Since 1955, all icons, except for those that remained, have been kept at the Provincial Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, where they have also been conserved.

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