"I don’t think that it is an overstatement to say that Decani is a kind of encyclopaedia of Byzantine painting," says painter Mileta Prodranovic. "It has had a history of its own which was written by many individuals, with rises and falls, and during all that time treasures were gathered at the monastery, of which a greater proportion have been preserved than in other monasteries on our territory."
“Mislim kako nije pretjerano kazati da su Dečani neka vrsta enciklopedije bizantskog slikarstva”, kaže slikar Mileta Prodranović. “Samostan je imao vlastitu povijest koju su mnogi ispisivali, s usponima i padovima, i tijekom čitavog tog razdoblja skupljana su blaga u samostanu od kojih je sačuvano više nego u drugim samostanima na našem teritoriju”.