The Monastery Of St. John The Baptist Editorial Image

The Monastery of St. John the Baptist belongs to the Diocese of Nis of the Serbian Orthodox Church and represents an immovable cultural good as a cultural monument. The original monastery was connected during the reign of Emperor Constantine the Great. The year of construction is without reliable data, but due to the method of construction, it is related to the 11th century. He mentions in the Turkish censuses from 1498, 1516 and 1564, when it was already deserted. During the October Revolution, Russian nuns who escaped from the Bolshevik terror found refuge in this monastery, where they founded a school for the blind.The photograph shows the altar of the church