Abstracts of the Free Communications, Thematic Sessions, Round Tables and Posters The 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies Venice and Padua, 22-27 August 2022 Mihaljević, Marina info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceProceedings 2022 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:32515 doi:10.30687/978-88-6969-634-3 eng The Role of the Patron – The Church of the Virgin Kosmosoteira in Pherrai application/pdf 406097 bytes All rights reserved Keywords: Serbian Medieval Architecture, Serbian monasteries, Monastic Architecture, Secular Medieval Architecture, Medieval Kitchen . Abstract: Albeit its exterior design that closely parallels the contemporaneous metropolitan architectural style, the plan and the structural scheme of the church of the Virgin Kosmosoteira in Pherrai (c. 1152) diverge from all known Constantinopolitan examples. Bearing in mind the high rank of its ktetor, the sebastokrator Isaac Komnenos, his reputation of a refined patron of arts, as well as the grandiosity of the project, this paper examines the architectural features of the church as a result of the donor’s deliberate choices to add to the spiritual mise-en-scène of his resting place.