Church of the Holy Great Martyr Prokopios (Visoko)

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View of the church as seen from Visočica hill

The Church of the Holy Great Martyr Prokopios is a Serbian Orthodox church in Visoko , Bosnia and Herzegovina . The single-nave church building on a rectangular floor plan from 1853 is located at the foot of the Visočica hill, in 2004 the church was declared a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The inventory of the church also included an important collection of icons, which were relocated during the Bosnian War for reasons of protection. Even if the icons were returned to the church after the end of the war, they have since been moved to another location because of the ongoing vandalism on the church building.

The church has repeatedly been the target of ethnically and religiously motivated attacks, most recently in 2015.

In 2019, renovation work began on the building, which is financed by private individuals from Visoko as well as by the local government.

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  • View of the churchyard from the south

  • View from the northeast

  • North entrance with memorial plaque on the occasion of the renovation work in 1998

  • Monument to the fallen in the churchyard

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Decision of the Commission for the Protection of National Monuments of Bosnia-Herzegovina
  2. ↑ Helen Walasek: Destruction of the Cultural Heritage in Bosnia-Herzegovina - An Overview. In: Bosnia and the Destruction of Cultural Heritage , ed. V. Helen Walasek. Routledge, London / New York 2016. pp. 23–142.
  3. ↑ Article on a case of vandalism in 2009 on the website of the Serbian Orthodox Church
  4. ↑ See reference 3.
  5. ↑ Article on the incident with recordings of anti-Serb graffiti on the website of the OCP Media Network
  6. ↑ Article about the renovation work on the website of the Bosnian local broadcaster RTV Visoko