Church of St. Luke (Kotor)

The Church of St. Luke in Boka Kotorska, Montenegro (Serbian Cyrillic: Црква Светог Луке у Котору)[1][2][3] belongs to the Serbian Orthodox Church. The Byzantine and Gothic architecture was built in 1195 during Stefan Nemanja's reign. In the 17th century, Dimitrije Daskal painted the icons of the iconostasis of the Church of Sveti Luka (in Serbian).[4][5][6]

The church

There is an older structure in same town, Kotor Cathedral that was built on the foundation of a ninth-century Christian church in 1066[7] some 12 years after the East-West Schism (of 1054).

References

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  1. ^ Ring, Trudy; Salkin, Robert M.; Watson, Noelle; Boda, Sharon La; Schellinger, Paul (1994). International Dictionary of Historic Places: Southern Europe. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-884964-02-2.
  2. ^ Ring, Trudy; Watson, Noelle; Schellinger, Paul (2013-11-05). Southern Europe: International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-25958-8.
  3. ^ Rellie, Annalisa; Abraham, Rudolf (2015-01-05). Montenegro. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-84162-857-8.
  4. ^ "Crkva Sv. Luke Kotor - Adria Line DMC Montenegro". www.adrialine.me.
  5. ^ Stošić, Ljiljana (March 22, 2014). "The Bay of Cattaro (Kotor) School of Icon-Painting 1680–1860". Balcanica (XLV): 187–202. doi:10.2298/BALC1445187S – via www.ceeol.com.
  6. ^ Voulgaropoulou, Margarita (March 22, 2018). "Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Twilight of the Republic of Venice: The Church of the Dormition of the Virgin in Višnjeva, Montenegro". Journal of Modern Greek Studies. 36 (1): 25–69. doi:10.1353/mgs.2018.0001. S2CID 85535270 – via Project MUSE.
  7. ^ Rellie, Annalisa (2012). Montenegro. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-84162-381-8.

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