The Koporin Monastery () is a monastery at the outskirts of the town of

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, just off the road to

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. The monastery church, dedicated to St. Stephen, was built during the reign of Despot

Stefan Lazarević Stefan Lazarević ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Лазаревић, 1377 – 19 July 1427), also known as Stefan the Tall (), was a Serbian ruler as prince (1389–1402) and Despot (court title), despot (1402–1427). He was also a diplomat, legislat ...

(1389–1427) whose

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is preserved as a

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inside the church, under the inscription " Despot".

acquired this title after the Battle of Ankara in 1402, and on that basis the painting was dated. The ktetor and the exact time of the monastery's founding is unknown.

is buried in this church. The monastery was in a dilapidated state until the 1880s, when reconstruction began. In the late 1950s and 1960s, massive conservation of architectural elements and

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s was finished. Koporin Monastery was declared a Monument of Culture of Great Importance in 1979, and it is protected by the

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Secrets of Koporin Despot St. Stephen (Church, no. 945-946, August 1, 2006).
15th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings Christian monasteries established in the 15th century Medieval Serbian Orthodox monasteries Cultural Monuments of Great Importance (Serbia) Burial sites of the Lazarević dynasty Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Serbia 15th-century establishments in Serbia {{Serbia-cultural-heritage-stub

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