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The monastery church is dedicated to St. Pantelemon. According to the tradition, the monastery was funded by bishop Maksim. The reliable data about the monastery date back to 1545/46. There are no records about Staro Hopovo from the 17th century and the first half of 18th century. Not before 1751. were there records testifying to the existence of a church devoted to St. Nicolas, with walls made of wooden planks. Instead of that church, which was destroyed in an earthquake, the present one, dedicated to St. Pantelemon, was built in 1752. In the new, single nave domed church, the throne icons, one the baroque iconostasis, were painted by Janko Halkozovic. During World War II, the church was damaged and iconostasis was dismantled. The church itself underwent conservation and restoration after World War II. |