Catalog of Destroyed and Desecrated Churches in Kosovo ( VIDEO )

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Catalog of Destroyed and Desecrated Churches

in Kosovo

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Contents:
A)NAME AND LOCATION OF THE CHURCH;
B) EIGHT PHASES OF DESTRUCTION
( I Shell-shocked monuments; II Looting of movable treasure; III Desecrating shrines; IV Burning of shrines and adjacent buildings; V First mining; VI Mining of the left-overs; VII Removing of the remains; VIII Terrain clearance and removal of all traces of existence)
C) CHURCH FOUNDATION DATE

 

1 THE HOLY TRINITY MONASTERY, Musutiste near Suva Reka I II III IV V VI VII 14th
2 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY VIRGIN, Musutiste near Suva Reka I II III IV V VI VII 14th
3 ST MARK’S OF KORISA MONASTERY, Korisa near Prizren I II III IV V VI 15th
4 ST GABRIEL’S MONASTERY, Binac near Vitina I II III IV 14th
5 DEVIC MONASTERY near Srbica I II III 15th
6 ST UROS’S MONASTERY, Sarenik, G. Nerodimlje I II III IV V VI 14th
7 THE MONASTERY OF ST ARCHANGELS, Gornje Nerodimlje I II III IV V 14th
8 ST NICHOLAS’ OF THE SUMMER CHURCH, Donje Nerodimlje I II III IV V 20th
9 ST STEPHEN CHURCH, Donje Nerodimlje I II III IV V 20/14th
10 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY VIRGIN, Dolac near Klina I II III IV V VI 14th
11 ST NICHOLAS’ CHURCH, Slovinje near Lipljan I II III IV V 16th
12 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY APOSTLES PETER and PAUL, Suva Reka I II III IV V VI 20th
13 THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, Petric near Pec I II III IV V VI 20th
14 THE HOLY VIRGIN CHURCH, Belo Polje near Pec I II III IV 16th
15 ST UROS’S CATHEDRAL, Urosevac I II III IV 20th
16 ST ELIJAH’S CHURCH, Vucitrn I II III IV 19th
17 ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, Samodreza near Vucitrn I II III IV V VI 20/14th
18 ST PARASCEVA’S CHURCH, Drsnik near Pec I II III IV 16th
19 THE HOLY VIRGIN CHURCH, Naklo near Pec I II III IV 20th
20 THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, Velika Reka near Vucitrn I II III IV V 20th
21 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY APOSTLES, Petrovac near Kos. Kamenica I II III IV 20th
22 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY VIRGIN, Podgorce, near Vitina I II III IV 20th
23 ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, Pecka Banja I II III IV 20th
24 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY VIRGIN, Djurakovac near Pec I II III 20th
25 THE HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL, Djakovica I II III IV V VI 20th
26 ST NICHOLAS’ CHURCH, Osojane near Pec I II III 20th
27 ST ELIJAH’S CHURCH, Bistrazin near Djakovica I II III 20th
28 ST DEMETRIOS’ CHURCH, Siga near Pec I II III IV V 20th
29 ST ELIJAH’S PARISH CHURCH, Zegra near Gnjilane I II III IV 20th
30 THE CHURCH OF HOLY COSMAS AND DAMIAN, Novake near Prizren I II III IV V 20th
31 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY VIRGIN, Veliko Krusevo I II III IV 20th
32 ZOCISTE MONASTERY & THE CHURCH OF HOLY COSMAS AND DAMIAN I II III IV V 14th
33 THE PARISH CHURCH, Grmovo near Vitina I II III IV V VI 20th
34 ST NICHOLAS’ CHURCH, Kijevo near Klina I II III IV V VI 14th
35 ST MARK’S CHURCH, Klina I II III IV V 20th
36 ST NICHOLAS’ CHURCH, Ljubizda near Prizren I II III IV V 16th
37 ST ELIJAH’S CHURCH, Ljubizda near Prizren I II III IV V 20/16th
38 PARASCEVA’S CHURCH, Dobrcane near Gnjilane I II III IV 20th
39 THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST THE SAVIOR, Pristina I II III IV V 20th
40 ST ELIJAH’S CHURCH, Smac near Prizren I II III IV V 20th
41 THE CHURCH OF ST BASIL THE GREAT, Srbica near Prizren I II III IV V 19th
42 ST PARASCEVA’S CHURCH, Zaskok near Urosevac I II III IV V 20th
43 ST NICHOLAS’ CHURCH, of Gatnje near Urosevac I II III IV V 20th
44 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY VIRGIN, Donje Nerodimlje I II III IV V 20th
45 ST ELIJAH’S CHURCH, the Nekodim near Urosevac I II III IV 20th
46 THE CHURCH OF HOLY PETER AND PAUL, Talinovac near Urosevac I II III IV 20th
47 THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, Babljak near Urosevac I II III IV 20th
48 THE CHURCH OF THE BIRTH OF HOLY VIRGIN, Softovic near Urosevac I II III IV 20th
49 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY PROPHET ELIJAH, Kacanik I II III 20th
50 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY VIRGIN, Korisa near Prizren I II III IV V 16th
51 ST JEREMIAH’S CHURCH, Grebnik near Klina I II III IV V VI VII VIII 20th
52 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY KNEZ LAZAR, Kos near Istok I II III 20th
53 THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, Zitinje near Vitina I II III IV 20th
54 ST PARASCEVA’S CHURCH, Klokot near Vitina I II III IV V 20th
55 ST LAZAR CHURCH, Belica near Istok I II III IV 14th
56 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY PROPHET ELIJAH, Pomazatin I II III IV V 20th
57 ST GEORGE’S CHURCH, Rudnik near Srbica I II III IV V 16/14th
58 THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, Donja Ratisa near Decani I II III IV V VI 20th
59 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY APOSTLE LUKE, Vitomirica near Pec I II III IV 20th
60 ST ELIJAH’S CHURCH, Podujevo I II III IV 20th
61 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY APOSTLES, Gornja Pakastica near Podujevo I II III IV 20th
62 A PARACCLESION at the Serb cemetery, Kosovska Mitrovica I II III 20th
63 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL, Istok I II III IV 20th
64 ST NICHOLAS’ CHURCH, Prizren I II III IV V 19th
65 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SAVIOUR, Dvorani near Musutiste I II III IV V 16th
66 ST ELIJAH’S CHURCH, of Lokvice near Prizren I II III IV V 19th
67 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY KNEZ LAZAR, Piskote near Djakovica I II III IV V 20th
68 ST PARASCEVA’S CHURCH, Binac near Vitina I II III IV V VI 20th
69 ST PARASCEVA’S CHURCH, Gojbulja near Vucitrn I II III 19th
70 ST NICHOLAS’ CHURCH, Stimlje I II III 20th
71 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY ARCHANGEL, Stimlje I II III 20th
72 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SAVIOUR, Meciceva Mahala I II III 20th
73 ST PARASCEVA’S CHURCH, near Musutiste I II III 20th
74 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY ARCHANGEL, Musutiste I II III IV 20th
75 THE KOSOVO BATTLE MEMORIAL I II III IV 20th
76 THE CHURCH in Gornji Zakut near Podujevo I II III IV 20th
76 76 76 64 39 14 5 1

Credits

CRUCIFIED KOSOVO -Destroyed and Desecrated Serbian Orthodox Churches in Kosovo and Metohia (1999-2000), Expanded electronic edition

With the blessing of His Grace Artemy, Bishop of Raska and Prizren, Serbian Orthodox Church

Updated Informations:

1. Kosovo – Land of Living Past (offical site of Raska and Prizren Orthodox Eparchy)
2. kosovo.net (official site of Serbian Church-Peoples council of Kosovo and Metohia)

Reports and inquiries via e-mail: decani@eunet.yu and stolpnik@eunet.yu


  • The reports about desecrated and destroyed churches collected by Raska and Prizren Orthodox Diocese 1999-2000
  • Articles on History and Architecture: Prof. Dr Ljubisa Folic
  • Photographs: Serbian Orthodox Church, Bish. Atanasije Jevtic, Milinko Stefanovic, Ljubisa Folic, Fr. Sava Janjic, Zivota Ciric, Imre Szabo, Goran Veljkovic, Igor Marinkovic, Fr. Vasilije Delic, Fr. Maksim Vasiljevic, Sasa Sekaric, The Kosovo and Metohia Institute for Cultural Heritage, Reuters, et al.
  • Consultants: Prof. dr Atanasije Jevtic, Prof. Dr Djordje Jankovic, Prof Dr Lidija Amidzic, Slobodan Mileusnic, Milan Ivanovic, Branislav Skrobonja, Zivojin Jokanovic
  • The publisher thanks Milos Stefanovic, Prof. Dr Dusan T. Batakovic, Nikola Zivkovic, Mihailo Kocovic, Milena Markovic, Prof. Predrag Bajcetic, Boba Blagojevic, Ikonija Nikolic for their help

church destroyed on kosovoTHE UPDATED LIST OF DESTROYED AND DAMAGED CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX SHRINES IN KOSOVO AFTER KRISTALLNACHT OF 17-18 MARCH 2004

Kosovo Pogrom – March 17-20

Full reconstruction of the Kosovo pogrom, 15 – 20 March 2004

ERP KIM Info Service has received from well informed international sources in Kosovo a timeline of the incidents and events in Kosovo Province in the period between 15-20 March. At the moment the Diocese is actively collecting all available information on these events in which more than 4.000 Serbs have been left homeless, at least 8 Serbs died and around 30 churches have been either completely destroyed or seriously damaged by Kosovo Albanian mob. All available information and our contacts with different intelligence sources prove that the operation (called by some as Operation Matchstick) was carefully planned beforehand and that behind it are some of the Kosovo Albanian leaders.

Cathedral church of St. George in Prizren after it
was burned by Albanian mob

Devic Djakovica Pristina Lipljan Prizren Caglavica Obilic Kosovo Polje Bishop in Prizren Burning of St.Sava church in Mitrovica south Mitrovica riots Svinjare Vucitrn

(with a click on a photo on the map you will open a page with a gallery of thumbnail photos
with links to high resolution photos for each region)

Photo galleries March 17 Pogrom

Prizren, Prizren2 Devic
Obilic, Obilic2 Pristina
Lipljan Kosovo Polje
Djakovica Caglavica
Gnjilane Podujevo Podujevo2
Belo Polje, Belo Polje2 Bishop in Prizren
Mitrovica St. Sava Mitrovica Riots
Svinjare, Svinjare2 Vucitrn
St. Sava, Mitrovica 1 St.Sava, Mitrovica 2

Burning of Prizren (photos from BESIMI.COM)
http://www.kosovo.net/www.besimi.com/prizreni/default.htm

Returnees

Monks of Holy Archangels and Devic nuns return to the ashes of their holy shrines

RETURN OF HOLY ARCHANGELS MONKS

RETURN OF DEVIC NUNS

RETURN OF SERBS TO BELO POLJE NR. PEC

PHOTO GALLERIES

Kosovo Albanians rampaged through Prizren destroying all Christian monuments

Pogrom of Serbs in Kosovo – photo gallery


ruins of the Devic monastery

Photo Story: Destruction of Devic Monastery (part 1)

Photo Story: Destruction of Devic Monastery (part 2)

Additional photo galleries:

Photo Story: Devastated Christian Orthodox Sites in Prizren

Kosovo: Five Centuries of Strife and Ethnic Cleansing

30. During the 1998−1999 Kosovo War, Serb army and police units did not fight only the rebellious Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), but also carried out programmes of ethnic cleansing and, therefore, the US-led NATO was obliged first to act and then to continue military actions against Serbia and Montenegro for the sake to prevent human (Albanian) catastrophe