Prohor Pčinjski
| Прохор Пчињски | |
View of the Prohor Pčinjski.
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| Monastery information | |
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| Full name | Monastery of Venerable Prohor of Pčinja |
| Order | Serbian Orthodox |
| Established | 11th century |
| Dedicated to | Saint Prohor of Pčinja |
| Diocese | Vranje |
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| Founder(s) | Romanos IV Diogenes |
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| Heritage designation | Monuments of Culture of Exceptional Importance |
| Designated date | 1979 |
| Site | |
| Location | Klenike, Pčinja District, Serbia |
The Monastery of Venerable Prohor of Pčinja (Serbian: Manastir Prepodobnog Prohora Pčinjskog / Манастир Преподобног Прохора Пчињског, commonly known as Prohor Pčinjski) is an 11th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery in the deep south in Serbia, located in the village of Klenike, some 30 km south of Vranje, near the border with Macedonia. It is situated at the slopes of Mount Kozjak at the left side of the Pčinja River. The monastery was founded in the 11th century and is the second largest Serbian Orthodox monastery complex after Hilandar.
According to tradition, the monastery was founded 1067–1071 by the Byzantine emperor Romanus IV in honour of Saint Prohor of Pčinja, who prophesied that Romanus would become the emperor. The relics of Saint Prohor are located in the monastery. A major renovation of the monastery was undertaken in the early 14th century under King Milutin of Serbia when the frescoes were painted. After the Battle of Kosovo (1389) the monastery was destroyed by the Ottomans, but was rebuilt later in the 14th century, and new frescoes were painted.
In 1913, King Peter I of Serbia financed construction of a new residential building for monastery monks (so called "King's residence"). The last renovation of the monastery happened in the 1990s. Two now residential buildings, a watermill and a mini hydro power plant were added since. The renovation of the King's residence started in 2013.
On 2 August 1944, the anniversary of the Ilinden uprising day, the first session of the Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia (ASNOM) was held in the monastery. The Assembly declared Macedonia the nation-state of ethnic Macedonians within Yugoslavia and proclaimed the Macedonian language as the official language of the Macedonian state.
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