Apart from decrepit traces of color, found on a fragment of fresco mortar from the church on the location of Gradište near Miljkovac, none of the preserved frescoes in Niš and its surroundings may be dated to this period for sure. The reason for this lies, undoubtedly, in great Avarian destruction and Slavic conquering. After that, a long-lasting period of calm started, unexplored by historic sources and scarcely witnessed by archaeological material.