Hoçë e Madhe

{{Expand Serbian|topic=geo|Велика Хоча|date=February 2015}}

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Velika Hoča

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Hoçë e Madhe ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Велика Хоча}}) is a village in the municipality of Rahovec, in Kosovo. The village has 411 inhabitants, of whom 5 are ethnic Albanians and 406 are Serbs according to the 2011 census.

It is situated in the historical region of Metohija (Dukagjin) and is one of the oldest settlements. It was given as metochion by Stefan Nemanja to Hilandar in 1198–99 (Charter of Hilandar).{{cite book|author=Branislav Krstić|title=Spasavanje kulturne baštine Srbije i Evrope na Kosovu i Metohiji|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W35pAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Koordinacioni centar Savezne vlade i Vlade Republike Srbije za Kosovo i Metohiju|isbn=9788675560166|quote=Велика Хоча је једно од најстаријих насеља у Метохији. Помиње се у даровном писму које је Стефан Немања (1198-1199) дао манастиру Хиландару.}}

The main economic activity is viticulture.

Culture

The village is noted for its 13 Serbian Orthodox churches, some dating from the 12th century and reign of Serbian Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja, others from the 14th to 16th centuries.

; List of churches

  • Church of St. Nicholas, Velika Hoča
  • Church of St. John, Velika Hoča
  • Church of St. Stephen, Velika Hoča
  • Church of the Holy Sunday, Velika Hoča
  • Church of Parascheva, Velika Hoča
  • Church of St. Luke, Velika Hoča
  • Church of St. Anne, Velika Hoča
  • Church of St. Basil, Velika Hoča
  • Church of the Holy Apostle Peter, Velika Hoča
  • Church of the Virgin Mary, Velika Hoča
  • Church of the Prophet Elijah, Velika Hoča
  • Church of the Holy Archangel Gabriel, Velika Hoča
  • Church on Rid

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal|author=Zarković Božidar V.|title=Velika Hoča i začeci crkvenog poseda u Metohiji|journal=Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Prištini|volume=43|issue=2|pages=131–48|year=2013}}