[4][5][6] According to tradition, the young ascetic Prohor was shown in a vision a place near the Pčinja River where he would be a hermit.

As he prepared to take his leave, the hunter asked for the saint's blessing, upon which St. Prohor foretold that greatness awaited him.

The church of the St. Prohor Pčinjski Monastery was built by the generosity of the emperor, as a sign of his thanksgiving to God and the saint.

[7] There is an icon in the monastery church that shows St. Prohor's encounter with Emperor Romanos Diogenes.

Hermits before Prohor of Pčenja, John of Rila, Joachim of Osogovo, Peter of Koriša and those after them have exerted an influence both social and cultural on the people of the Balkan Peninsula during the Middle Ages.