Christ carrying the cross, frescoe : Photos taken by neron

Christ carrying the cross, frescoe

In 2004 UNESCO sited the frescoes of the 14th century Serbian Orthodox monastery of Decani, Kosovo, as beeing "one of the most valued examples of the so-called Palaeologan renaissance in Byzantine painting" and "a valuable record of the life in the 14th century". Today this monastery, which is also a place of rest of Serbian king Stefan and very rich in Christian relicts, is beeing guarded by Italian KFOR peacekeepers against Albanian extremists. 30 monks still live and worship in this monastery, and are denied their right to walk freely for their own safety. That is also the case with hundreds of other monks, priests and Serbian families who seeked shelter in the monasteries throughout Kosovo since 1999 (ironically, like they did back in the medieval times)...

• Date: 2005
• Photographer: neron: gallery
• Uploaded: 7th Sep 2005
• Location: Serbia: gallery
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