the building material comes from the Roman site of Viminacium, as evidenced by the built-in fragments of the capital of a marble column with a beautiful female head, with lush, parted hair, which served as a source of belief for the uninformed, that it was the figure and head of a child they killed because it did not want to show them the Nimnik church. The iconostasis is classically designed with fourteen icons arranged in three zones. It originates from the time of the restoration of the church at the end of the 19th century and is the work of the painter Milisav Marković. Their value lies in their quality, antiquity and the hand of the artist who made them, with a considerable influence of Romanian influence in Orthodox iconography. The last renovation was at the end of the 20th century, when, among other things, the temple was painted, and the old inn was demolished. It originates from the time of the restoration of the church at the end of the 19th century and is the work of the painter Milisav Marković. The legend of the origin Nimnik Monastery has two chapels. The first one is called Svetinja and is located on the grave of a girl who, according to tradition, was killed by the Turks because she did not want to show them the way to the monastery. According to this tradition, the monastery was named Nimnik.[3] The second chapel is located in the monastery dormitory and is dedicated to the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In its long past, the Nimnik monastery was almost constantly in the role of the parish church of the village of Kurjače, until 1938, when it was turned into a women's monastery and remains so until today. In 1939, there were 30 members (nuns and young novices), under the abbess of the monastery, Mother Paraskeva. It is active and is cared for by three nuns. References Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Serbia Medieval sites in Serbia Medieval Serbian Orthodox monasteries Christian monasteries established in the 14th century