Rsovci is a village 22 km from
Pirot,
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...
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History
The oldest building in this area is the
Cave Church, Rsovci
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(Pećinska crkva), a
Serbian Orthodox
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches.
The majori ...
cave-church
A cave monastery is a monastery built in caves, with possible outside facilities. The 3rd-century monk St. Antony the Great, known as the founder of monasticism, lived in a cave.
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** Qafthanë Cave Church, cave church near Urakë
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dedicated to
St.Peter
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, birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire
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and
Paul the Apostle with a unique fresco of
Jesus
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...
called the Bald Jesus (ćelavi Isus) was built in the 13th century.
External links
Populated places in Pirot District
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