of local residents Delko Jovanović, Milko Veselinović and Ranđel Pejčić. The church is entered through a spacious vestibule, which fell down in 1947 and a new one was built the same year, thanks to the efforts of the elder nun Cherubima. At the very entrance to the vestibule on the left side is the joint tomb of the inventors and founders of the monastery, Pope Jovan and monk Benjamin. The Last Judgment, where St. Peter with the keys in his hands leads the righteous to heaven, and the devil leads sinners to hell. The biography is simple, and many of the frescoes are damaged. The church itself has three doors. The middle ones, which are at the same time the main ones, open only about glory and great holidays. The armature of the iconostasis of this monastery is carved in a wonderful woodcarving and represents a real artistic value. It consists of three parts. Below the throne icons in the first row are scenes from the Old Testament. It is interesting that in the group of saints in the niche of the right choir, in addition to the others, one martyr is painted, whose head looks more like an animal's, almost a horse's, or a dog's, than a human's. There is a halo around the head and the inscription: s. m. Christopher. According to Eastern traditions, the martyr comes from a tribe of cannibals, the so-called dog-headed (kinocephalon in Greek) and was called Reprovos. This iconography is very rare in Eastern Christianity. It has been proposed that the origination of the fresco iconography lies in eastern ledgends. Gallery References Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Serbia Medieval sites in Serbia Medieval Serbian Orthodox monasteries Christian monasteries established in the 16th century