Hoçë e Madhe

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Hoçë e Madhe Велика Хоча Velika Hoča
Village
St Jovan Monastery (overview)
Hoçë e Madhe Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°23′03″N 20°40′36″E / 42.3842°N 20.6767°E / 42.3842; 20.6767
Location	Kosovo
District	Gjakova
Municipality	Rahovec
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	124
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Hoçë e Madhe (Serbian Cyrillic: Велика Хоча) is a village in the municipality of Rahovec, in Kosovo. The village has 124 inhabitants, of whom 75 are ethnic Albanians and 49 are Serbs according to the 2011 census.^[1]

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).^[2]

The main economic activity is viticulture.

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

• Zarković Božidar V. (2013). "Velika Hoča i začeci crkvenog poseda u Metohiji". Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Prištini. 43 (2): 131–48.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Velika Hoča.

• "Velika Hoča (Unofficial site)".
• Blago Fund's Photo Collections of Serbian Medieval Churches in Velika Hoča
• "Velika Hoča" (in Serbian). Yuheritage.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-20. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
• Филм о Великој Хочи у продукцији Министарства за дијаспору Републике Србије. YouTube (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
• "film o Velikoj Hoči". YouTube (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
• "Velika Hoča 1991. godine". YouTube (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
• "This is the day". YouTube.