Sukovo Monastery is located near the village of Sukovо, on the right bank of the Jerma River, 18 km east of Pirot, Serbia. It belongs to the Eparchy of Niš of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It represents an immovable cultural asset as a cultural monument of great importance. History Based on the few preserved data, it is known that it was demolished several times, as well as that it was painted in 1606. The time of construction and the founder of the monastery are unknown. The monastery church is dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Radio Bulgaria claims that a document from 1019 states that the monastery was a part of the Bulgarian diocese of the Sredets Eparchy, under the Ohrid Archdiocese jurisdiction. It goes on to state that the Ottomans demolished the monastary during their rule, and that it was rebuilt during the 17th century. Today's monastery church was built between 1857 and 1859, according to tradition, by Sali-beg from Pirot. He built a new one on the foundations of a very old church, as a sign of gratitude for the recovery of his son Emin, and the painting in it was done in 1869. During World War I, the monastery was looted by the Bulgarians in 1915. After the war in 1946, the communist authorities in Yugoslavia arrested Father Justin Popović in the Sukova monastery. The monastery church itself has a trikonchos (trefoil) base and is covered with a cross. Its narthex was rebuilt in 1947, and the entire church was reconstructed in 1974, and on that occasion a large number of objects were discovered, which are now in the museum of Ponišavlje in Pirot. The Sukovo Monastery has been under the protection of the state since 1968, and there are two frescoes in it that attract special attention, a depiction of St. Christopher with a halo and an animal head and a depiction of the Virgin Mary with wings. Architecture The church is trikonkos with three semicircular asps, of which the eastern one serves the altar, and the northern and southern choir stalls. It is built of hewn stone with hot lime, and covered with ordinary tiles. The roof construction ends with a single cube, which is low and has a circular base with a cross on top. Masonry work was carried out by Mateja Nešić from the village of Izatovac with the help