Hieromonk Silvestar

A hieromonk and painter (moler) of Rakovac who left a manuscript describing his journey to the Holy Land and Jerusalem. A hieromonk Silvester Popović carved and painted choir stalls for Rakovac in 1749; they are now in Banoštor. The two are very probably the same man.

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Raka Milošević

Chamberlain of Despot Jovan Branković; according to legend the founder of Rakovac Monastery, which is named after him.

Abbot Teofan

Abbot who rebuilt the monastery after a great fire and edited the Rakovac Srbljak of 1714.

Hieromonk Pahomije

Scribe who made a copy of the medieval Serbian law code, Dušan’s Code, at Rakovac in 1700.