Sukovo Monastery, Orthodox monastery in Sukovo, Pirot, Serbia

Sukovo Monastery is an Orthodox monastery 18 km east of Pirot, on the right bank of the Jerma River below a hill called Carev Kamen. Its Church of the Dormition, built from 1857 to 1859, has a trefoil plan with three semicircular apses, walls of cut stone with lime mortar, and a low round dome topped by a cross. The interior was painted in 1869.

The site has held religious importance since ancient Roman times, with records from 1019 confirming its connection to the Sredets Eparchy under the Ohrid Archdiocese. The interior frescoes were created in 1869 as a collaborative work of artists from different Orthodox regions.

The church was painted in 1869 by Vasil Popkhristov of Samokov, whose signature stands at the entrance. The iconostasis dates from 1859, with icons in a Revival Baroque style framed by woodcarving. The monastery keeps the relics, a skull, of the shepherd Veljo, who dreamed the Virgin told him to build a monastery here.

Sukovo Monastery lies 18 km east of Pirot, on the right bank of the Jerma River by the village of Sukovo, at the foot of a hill called Carev kamen. The grounds are reached by road from Pirot. The church has three doors; the central main door opens only for the monastery's slava and major feast days, so visitors normally enter through the side doors.

The frescoes contain unusual sacred figures, including Saint Christopher depicted with an animal head and the Virgin Mary shown with wings. These rare portrayals came from the diverse artistic contributions of collaborating painters in the 1800s.