MIŠA B. RAKOCIJA, art historian, senior associate in the Bureau for Cultural Monuments Protection in Niš. Apart from studying architecture and visual art, he is engaged in the protection and revitalization of the cultural heritage, and sacral monuments in particular. The greatest part of his scientific results have been published in professional journals and reported in symposia. He published the books "Slavni grad Niš - na krstoputini vekova" ("Niš - the Town of Glory") and "Manastir Sv. Oca Prohora Pčinjskog" ("The Monastery of St. Father Prohor of Pčinja"), and contributed certain entries to the Encyclopedia of Niš and to the book "Kulturna riznica Srbije" ("Treasury of Serbian Culture").