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, and it is protected by the Republic of Serbia.
Devič Monastery reconstruction after it was burned down in 2004
Serbs leaving monastery after 2004 unrest
Burned and desecrated interior of the Devič. Note UÇK graffiti in the church apse.
Burned monastery lodgings covered in snow
Eparchy of Raška and Prizren is one of the oldest eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church, featuring the seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Serbian Patriarchal Monastery of Peć, as well as Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Visoki Dečani, which together are part of the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Serbia. More than 100 of the Eparchy's churches and monasteries were targeted for vandalism and destruction by Albanian nationalists after the Kosovo War and during the 2004 unrest in Kosovo.
Cathedral of Saint George in Prizren
Monastery of the Holy Archangels near Prizren
Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Seat of the Bishopric of Ras and the oldest known medieval church building of Serbia