The Poganovo Monastery () is a

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monastery situated in the gorges of the river Jerma, near the village Poganovo, municipality of Dimitrovgrad,

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. According to some sources the frescoes were made by masters from

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. Frescoes inscriptions are in Church Slavonic language. Poganovo Monastery was protected by Serbia since 1949, and declared Monument of Culture of Great Importance in 1979, and it is protected by

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.G. Subotić, ''Ikona vasilise Jelene i osnovaći manastira Poganova,'' Saopštenja 25 (1993), pp. 25-40.

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