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tivity of the Virgin and Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the<br />
Temple, are especially important. During the same period, in the<br />
middle of the second decade of the 14 th century, the Church of<br />
Saint Nikita in Čučer was built. It was painted by fresco painters<br />
Mihailo Astrapa and Evtihije. Chronologically, King Milutin’s next<br />
endowment was the Church of Saint George in Staro Nagoričino.<br />
It contains a large number of fresco cycles depicting the Liturgical<br />
Feasts, Christ’s Passion, His Miracles and Public Ministry, the<br />
Menologhion, the cycle about the life of Saint George, as well<br />
as others. The painters Mihailo and Evtihije were in charge of<br />
a painter’s studio that functioned within the court of King Milutin<br />
and was in turn responsible for painting many of his endowments.<br />
After painting the church in Staro Nagoričino the painters<br />
moved to Gračanica, Milutin’s final endowment.<br />
Many consider the church in Gračanica Serbia’s most beautiful<br />
medieval church. In the past it was dedicated to the Annunciation<br />
but today it stands as a dedication to the Dormition of the<br />
Virgin Mary. The pyramid-like silhouette crowned with a tall main<br />
dome draws out the verticality of the building. Inspired by Jesse’s<br />
Family Tree, a similar composition was painted for the first time in<br />
Serbian art, this time of the Nemanjić Family Tree. The portraits of<br />
the founder in old age and his young wife Simonida, “a porphyry<br />
born lady”, are of special significance as well.<br />
King Milutin completely renovated the main church or<br />
katholicon of the monastery of Hilandar on Mount Athos. At the<br />
same time, work on fortifying the monastery was completed, as<br />
well as construction of the Hrusija Pirg (“pyrgoi” in Greek means<br />
towers) with a Chapel of the Holy Saviour. Due to Milutin’s endeavours,<br />
the wealth of the monastery was significantly enlarged.<br />
Following the model of the older churches on Mount Athos, specifically<br />
those in Lavra, Ivrion and Vatopediou, the main church<br />
in Hilandar has a cruciform floor plan, with a tripartite sanctuary<br />
and two apses added to the sides of the nave.<br />
Differing from his previous endowments, King Milutin had<br />
his mausoleum, the Church of Saint Stefan in Banjska, modelled<br />
after the Church of Theotokos in Studenica, the mausoleum<br />
church for the founder of the Nemanjić dynasty.<br />
Master builders and craftsmen came from around the Adriatic<br />
coast areas. The church of St. Stefan is a single nave church<br />
with a dome, tripartite sanctuary on the east side, high choir bays<br />
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Детаљи са фасаде манастира Каленић<br />
Details of the façade, Kalenić Monastery<br />
and a narthex flanked by towers. The facades were covered with<br />
marble blocks in three different colours and were embellished with