Rakovac monastery

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The Rakovac Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Раковац / Manastir Rakovac) is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. According to a legend written in 1704, Rakovac Monastery was founded by a certain man, Raka, courtier of Despot Jovan Branković. The legend states that Raka erected the monastery in 1498. The earliest historical records mentioning the monastery are dated to 1545/1546.

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Monasteries on Fruška Gora
Beočin • Bešenovo • Divša • Grgeteg • Jazak • Krušedol • Kuveždin • Mala Remeta • Novo Hopovo • Privina Glava • Petkovica • Rakovac • Staro Hopovo • Šišatovac • Velika Remeta • Vrdnik-Ravanica


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