St Mark's of Korisa Monastery

"St Mark's Church in Korisa" was a 15th century Serbian Orthodox church that belonged to the Korisa Monastery. It was destroyed after the end of the Kosovo war in 1999. [ [http://www.serbianorthodoxchurch.net/historyofchurch/destruction1999/index.html Serbian Orthodox Church - History] ]

The monastery of St Mark of Korisa used to stand on a rocky outpost above the Korisa river. The church was built in 1467 and it was single-nave. It was built on a rectangular foundation and until its destruction, it preserved a fragment of the original, ancient fresco. On the western side, above the rock, a belfry with two bells was added in 1861 as a foundation of Sima Andrejevic Igumanov. In April 1941, Albanians of Kabas forcibly tore out the bells and repeatedly desecrated and vandalized the founder's grave. The monastery had a valuable library. [ [http://www.interfax-religion.com/kosovo/?id=3 Interfax-Religion] ]

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