List of Serbian Orthodox monasteries
This is a list of Serbian Orthodox Christian monasteries.
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Serbia
Šumadija and Western Serbia and Southern and Eastern Serbia
English | Serbian Cyrillic | Notes | Image |
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Arilje Monastery, of St. Achillius |
Свети Ахилије | 1296 | |
Bradača Monastery | Брадача | end of 14th century | |
Brezovac Monastery | Манастир Светог Архангела Михаила - Брезовац | 1444 | |
Blagoveštanje Monastery | Благовештање | before 1602 | |
Bukovo monastery | Буково | 1282–1321 | |
Crna Reka Monastery | Црна Река | 13th century | |
Ćelije Monastery | Ћелије | late 13th century | |
Čokešina Monastery | Чокешина | 14th century | |
Davidovica Monastery | Давидовица | 1281 | |
Dokmir Monastery | Докмир | 15th century | |
Drača Monastery | Драча | before 1389 | |
Đunis Monastery | Ђунис | 1898 | |
Đurđevi Stupovi | Ђурђеви Ступови | 1171 | |
Gornjak Monastery | Горњак | 1376 | |
Gradac Monastery | Градац | 1189 | |
Gradac Monastery | Градац | 1270 | |
Ilinje Monastery | Илиње | 1938 | |
Ježevica Monastery | Јежевица | late 16th century | |
Saint John Glavosek | Свети Јован Главосек | 1370s | |
Saint John Hrisistom Monastery | Манастир Светог Јована Златоустог | Ottoman period | |
Jovanje Monastery | Јовање | late 15th century | |
Kalenić Monastery | Каленић | 1407 | |
Kaona Monastery | Kaoнa | 14th century | |
Kastaljan Monastery | Кастаљан | 13th century | |
Klisura Monastery | Клисура | early 13th century | |
Koporin Monastery | Копорин | 1402 | |
Koroglaš monastery | Корoглаш | 14th century | |
Kovilje Monastery | Ковиље | 13th century | |
Kumanica Monastery | Куманица | 14th century | |
Lelić Monastery | Лелић | 20th century | |
Lipovac Monastery | Липовац | 1399 | |
Ljubostinja Monastery | Љубостиња | 1388 | |
Saint Mother of Christ Monastery | Манастир Свете Богородице | 1159 | |
Manasija Monastery | Манасија | 1407 | |
Marija Petruška | Манастир Марије Петрушке | 15th century | |
Mažić (Orahovica) | Мажић - Ораховица | 12th century | |
Mileševa Monastery | Милешава | 1234 | |
Miljko's Monastery | Миљков манастир | 1374 | |
Naupare Monastery | Наупаре | 1380 | |
Saint Nicholas Monastery | Манастир Светог Николе | second half of 12th century | |
Nikolje Monastery | Никоље | 1425 | |
Nimnik Monastery | Нимник | 1389 | |
New Pavlica Monastery | Нова Павлица | 1381 | |
Pavlovac Monastery | Павловац | early 15th century | |
Paraskeva Monastery | Параскева | Ottoman period | |
Radovašnica Monastery | Радовашница | 1541 | |
Transfiguration Monastery | Преображење | 1528 | |
Pribojska Banja Monastery | Прибојска Бања | 12th century | |
Poganovo Monastery | Поганово | before 1499 | |
Pokajnica Monastery | Покајница | 1818 | |
Saint Prohor Pčinjski Monastery | Свети Прохор Пчињски | 1067-1071 | |
Pustinja Monastery | Пустиња | 1622, on the remnants of 11th-century church | |
Rača Monastery | Рача | 1273 | |
Rakovica Monastery | Раковица | 14th century | |
Ravanica Monastery | Раваница | 1375 | |
Saint Roman Monastery | Свети Роман | before 1020 | |
Stara Pavlica Monastery | Стара Павлица | late 12th century | |
Rudenica Monastery | Руденица | 1410 | |
Rukumija Monastery | Рукумија | second half of the 14th century | |
Sisojevac Monastery | Сисојевац | 1389 | |
Saint Nicholas monastery (Falcon) | Манастир Светог Николе (Соко) | 1467 | |
Sopoćani Monastery | Сопоћани | 1260 | |
Sretenje Monastery | Сретење | late 16th century | |
Stjenik Monastery | Стјеник | late 14th century | |
Studenica Monastery | Студеница | 1190 | |
Tresije Monastery | Тресије | late 13th century | |
Tronoša Monastery | Троноша | 1276 | |
Holy Trinity Monastery | Манастир Свете Тројице | 13th century | |
Tuman monastery | Туман | beginning of 14th century | |
Uspenje monastery | Успење | 14th century | |
Vavedenje monastery | Ваведење | late 13th century | |
Vavedenje of Holy Mother of Christ | Манастир Ваведења Пресвете Богородице | 1936 | |
Vaznesenje monastery | Ваведење | 16th century | |
Veluće monastery | Велуће | 1377 | |
Vitovnica monastery | Витовница | 1289 | |
Vojlovica monastery | Војловица | 1383 | |
Voljavča monastery | Вољавча | 1050 | |
Vratna monastery | Вратна | 14th century | |
Vraćevšnica monastery | Враћевшница | 1428 | |
Vrelo monastery | Врело - Трнавско Благовештење | before 15th century | |
Vujan monastery | Вујан | 13th century | |
Zaova monastery | Заова | before 1467 | |
Zemun monastery | Земун | 1786 | |
Zlatenac monastery | Златенац | 1410s | |
Žiča Monastery | Жича | 1205 |
Vojvodina
Fruška Gora
Name | Notes | Image |
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Beočin Monastery | before 1566 | |
Bešenovo Monastery | late 13th century, destroyed in WWII | |
Divša Monastery | late 15th century | |
Fenek Monastery | late 15th century | |
Grgeteg Monastery | 1471 | |
New Hopovo Monastery | before 1451 | |
Old Hopovo Monastery | 1496 | |
Jazak Monastery | early 16th century | |
Krušedol Monastery | 1509 | |
Kuveždin Monastery | 1520 | |
Petkovica Monastery | early 16th century | |
Privina Glava Monastery | 12th century | |
Rakovac Monastery | 1498 | |
Little Remeta Monastery | before 1546 | |
Big Remeta Monastery | late 13th century | |
Šišatovac Monastery | 1520 | |
Vrdnik-Ravanica Monastery | 1521 |
Others
English | Serbian Cyrillic | Founded | Image |
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Bavanište monastery | Баваниште | 15th century | |
Bođani Monastery | Бођани | 1478 | |
Hajdučica monastery | Хајдучица | 1939 | |
Holy Trinity monastery | Манастир Свете Тројице | 19th century | |
Kovilj Monastery | Ковиљ | early 13th century | |
Mesić Monastery | Месић | 1225 | |
Saint Melanie monastery | Манастир Свете Меланије | 1935 | |
Obed Monastery | Обед | 1446 | |
Sombor Monastery | Сомбор | 1928 | |
Središte monastery | Средиште | late 15th century | |
Vojlovica Monastery | Војловица | 14th century |
Kosovo
At least 8 monasteries have been destroyed during the Kosovo War by ethnic Albanians.[1]
English | Serbian Cyrillic | Founded | Image |
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Monastery of the Holy Archangels | Манастир Свети Арханђели | 1343 | |
Banjska Monastery | Бањска | 1312 | |
Binač (Buzovik) Monastery | Бинач/Бузовик | 14th century | |
Our Lady of Ljeviš | Богородица Љевишка | 1307 | |
Budisavci Monastery | Будисавци | 14th century | |
Devič Monastery | Девич | 1434 | |
Dobra Voda Monastery | Добра вода | 14th century | |
Dolac Monastery | Долац | 14th century | |
Draganac Monastery | Драганац | 1381 | |
Duboki Potok Monastery | Дубоки Поток | 14th century | |
Globarica Monastery | Глобарица | 16th century | |
Gorioč Monastery | Гориоч | early 14th century | |
Grabovac Monastery | Грабовац | 14th century | |
Gračanica Monastery | Грачаница | 1310 | |
Kmetovce Monastery | Кметовце | early 14th century | |
Mušutište Monastery, of the Virgin Hodegetria |
Мушутиште | 1315 | |
Patriarchate of Peć | Пећка патријаршија | >1235 | |
Saint Barbara Monastery | |||
Monastery of St. Mark of Koriša | Свети Марко Коришки | 1467 | |
Monastery of St. Uroš | Свети Урош | before 1371 | |
Sokolica Monastery | Соколица | 14th century | |
Studenica Hvostanska | Студеница Хвостанска | early 13th century | |
Tamnica Monastery | Тамница | 14th century | |
Ubožac Monastery | Убожац | late 13th century | |
Visoki Dečani Monastery | Високи Дечани | 1327 | |
Vračevo Monastery | Врачево | 1316 | |
Zočište Monastery | Зочиште | before 1327 |
Montenegro
Monks' monasteries
English | Serbian Cyrillic | Founded | Image |
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Archangel Michael Monastery | Манастир Архангел Михаило | 14th century | |
Bijela Monastery | Бијела | early 11th century | |
Lower Brčele monastery | Доње Брчеле | early 15th century | |
Cetinje Monastery | Цетињски Манастир | 1484 | |
Ćelije Monastery | Ћелије | 15th century | |
Dajbabe Monastery | Дајбабе | 1897 | |
Dovolja Monastery | Довоља | mid 13th century | |
Dubočica Monastery | Дубочица | before 1565 | |
Duljevo Monastery | Дуљево | early 14th century | |
Donji Monastery | Доњи | 1824 | |
Đurđevi Stupovi | Ђурђеви Ступови | 1218 | |
Saint George Monastery | Манастир Светог Ђорђа | 16th century | |
Gradište Monastery | Градиште | 1116 | |
Kaludra Monastery | Калудра | 14th century | |
Kom Monastery | Ком | 1427 | |
Kosijerevo Monastery | Косијеревео | early 14th century | |
Miholjska Prevlaka monastery | Михољска Превлака - Царска лавра | 1219 | |
Morača Monastery | Морача | 1252 | |
Moračnik Monastery | Морачник | 1417 | |
Monastery of Saint Nicholas (Obod) | Манастир Светог Николе - Обод | 13th century | |
Nikoljac Monastery | Никољац | 16th century | |
Ostrog Monastery | Острог | 1665 | |
Saint Peter of Cetinje House | Дом "Свети Петар Цетињски" | modern | |
Piva Monastery | Пива | 1573 | |
Podmaine Monastery | Подмаине | 15th century | |
Podmalinsko Monastery | Подмалинско | 1252 | |
Podostrog Monastery | Подострог | 15th century | |
Praskvica Monastery | Праскавица | 1050 | |
Reževići Monastery | Режевићи | 1223 | |
Savina Monastery | Савина | 1030 | |
Somina Monastery | Сомина | 1996 | |
Stanjevići Monastery | Стањевићи | 13th century | |
Starčeva Gorica Monastery | Старчева Горица | 1376 | |
Holy Trinity Monastery | Манастир Свете Тројице | late 12th century | |
Vranjina Monastery | Врањина | early 13th century |
Nunneries
English | Serbian Cyrillic | Founded | Image |
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Banja Monastery | Бања | 13th century | |
Upper Brčele monastery | Горње Брчеле | late 14th century | |
Dobrska Ćelija monastery | Добрска Ћелија | 15th century | |
Ćelija Piperska | Ћелија Пиперска | 1637 | |
Dobrilovina Monastery | Добриловина | late 16th century | |
Long Moračka Monastery | Дуга Морачка | 1755 | |
Podlastva Monastery | Подластва | 1350 | |
Ždrebaonik Monastery | Ждребаоник | 1818 | |
Župa Monastery | Жупа | early 13th century |
Monasteries under re-establishment/construction
Name | Founded |
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Beška Monastery (Бешка) | 1438 |
Bliškova Monastery (Блишкова) | 13th century |
Brezojevica Monastery (Брезојевица) | 13th century |
Monastery of St. John the Baptist (Манастир Светог Јована Крститеља) | mid 15th century |
Monastery of St. Luke (Манастир Свети Лука) | 15th century |
Majstorovina Monastery (Мајсторовина) | beginning of 13th century |
Monastery of St. Nicholas (Манастир Светог Николе у Грабовцу) | 13th century |
Orahovo Monastery (Орахово) | early 15th century |
Ostros Monastery (Острос) | early 11th century |
Podvrh Monastery (Подврх) | Ottoman period |
Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Манастир Светог Преображења) | late 15th century |
Šudikova Monastery (Шудикова) | 13th century |
Uroševica Monastery (Урошевица) | 14th century |
Vojnići Monastery (Војнићи) | 15th century |
Voljavac Monastery (Вољовац) | early 13th century |
Žanjica Monastery (Жањица) | 12th century |
Monastery of St. Archangel Michael (Манастир Светог Арханђела) | 1996 |
Monastery of Sts. Cyril and Methodius (Манастир Светог Кирила и Методија) | 1993 |
Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration (Манастир Светог Преображења) | 1996 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Republika Srpska
English | Serbian Cyrillic | Founded |
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Bišnja Monastery | Бишња | |
Dobrićevo Monastery | Добрићево | 15th century |
Dobrun Monastery | Добрун | 1219 (9th century) |
Duži Monastery | Дужи | 18th century |
Glogovac Monastery | Глоговац | mid 15th century |
Gomionica Monastery[2] | Гомионица | before 1536[3] |
Hercegovačka Gračanica Monastery | Херцеговачка Грачаница | 1999 |
Klisina Monastery | Клисина | mid 15th century |
Knežina Monastery | Кнежина | 14th century |
Krupa Monastery | Крупа | 1317 |
Liplje Monastery | Липље | 15th century |
Lomnica Monastery | Ломница | 15th century |
Lovnica Monastery | Ловница | 16th century |
Moštanica Monastery | Моштаница | 12th century |
Ozren Monastery | Озрен | 13th century |
Papraća Monastery | Папраћа | before 1550 |
Petropavlov Monastery | Петропавлов | before 15th century |
Sase Monastery | Сасе | 13th century |
Stuplje Monastery | Ступље | destroyed 1690 |
St Archangel Gabriel Monastery | Манастир Светог архангела Гаврила | |
St Nicholas Monastery | Манастир Светог Николе | |
St Basil of Ostrog Monastery | Манастир Светог Василија Острошког | |
Tavna Monastery | Тавна | late 13th century |
Tvrdoš Monastery | Тврдош | 1509 |
Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos | Манастир Успења Богородичиног |
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
English | Serbian Cyrillic | Founded |
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Rmanj Monastery | Рмањ | late 15th or early 16th century[4] |
Veselinje Monastery | Веселиње | |
Vozuća Monastery | Возућа | |
Zavala Monastery | Завала | |
Žitomislić Monastery | Житомислић | 15th century |
Croatia
Several monasteries were destroyed during the World War II by the Ustashe and again, during the Yugoslav wars.[5]
English | Serbian Cyrillic | Founded | Image |
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Dragović Monastery | Драговић | 1395[6] | |
Gomirje Monastery | Гомирје | 1600[7] | |
Komogovina Monastery | Комоговина | 1693[8] | |
Krka Monastery | Крка | 1350[9] | |
Krupa Monastery | Крупа | 1317[10] | |
Lepavina Monastery | Лепавина | 1550[11] | |
Orahovica Monastery | 1583[12] | ||
Holy Lazarica Monastery | Света Лазарица | 1874 | |
Saint Cyriaca Monastery | Манастир Свете Недјеље | medieval | |
Oćestovo Monastery | Оћестово | 1928 | |
Saint Parasceva Monastery | Манастир Свете Петке | medieval | |
Saint Basil of Ostrog Monastery | Манастир Светог Василија Острошког | 17th century | |
Pakra Monastery | Манастир Пакра | 1556[13] |
Republic of Macedonia
The Macedonian Orthodox church declared autocephaly on July 19, 1967, from the Serbian church, a move which is not recognised by any of the churches of the Eastern Orthodox Communion, and since then, the Macedonian Orthodox Church is not in communion with any Orthodox Church.[14] Several Serbian monasteries are thus in control of the non-recognized MOC, in reality part of the Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric. The following are founded by Serbs or in the control of the SOC:
English | Serbian Cyrillic | Founded | Image |
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Saint Nikita Monastery | Манастир светог Никите | 1307 | |
Kakovo Monastery | Манастир Каково | ||
Saint George Monastery | Манастир светог Ђорђа | 1071 |
Romania
English | Serbian Cyrillic | Founded |
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Sveti Đorđe monastery | Манастир светог Ђорђа | 1485 |
Šemljug monastery | Манастир Шемљуг | 15th century |
Sveti Simeon monastery | Манастир светог Симеона | |
Bazjaš monastery | Манастир Базјаш | 1225 |
Bezdin monastery | Манастир Бездин | 1539 |
Zlatica monastery | Манастир Златица | |
Kusić monastery | Манастир Кусић | 14th century |
Sveti Đurađ monastery | Манастир свети Ђурађ |
Others
English | Serbian Cyrillic | Country | Founded | Image |
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Hilandar Monastery | Хиландар | Greece (Mount Athos monastic autonomous region) |
1198 | |
Serbian Kovin Monastery | Манастир Српски Ковин | Hungary (Ráckeve/ Srpski Kovin) |
15th century | |
Grabovac Monastery | Грабовац | Hungary (Grábóc/ Grabovac) |
14th century | |
St Sava Monastery | Манастир Светог Саве | USA (Libertyville, Illinois) |
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New Gračanica Monastery | Нова Грачаница | USA (Third Lake, Illinois) |
1984 | |
St. Paisius Monastery | Манастир Светог Пајсија | USA (Safford, Arizona) |
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St Herman of Alaska Monastery | Манастир преп. Германа Аљаскинског | USA (Platina, California) |
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Monastery of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos | Манастир Рождества Пресвете Богородице | USA (Springboro, Pennsylvania) |
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St Mark Monastery | Манастир Светог Марка | USA (Sheffield Village, Ohio) |
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St Pachomius Monastery | Манастир Светог Пахомија | USA (Grienfield, Missouri) |
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Marča Monastery | Марча | USA (Richfield, Ohio) |
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Monastery of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos | Манастир Рождества Пресвете Богородице | USA (Carlisle, Indiana) |
Notable
Cave monasteries
In Serbia:
- Blagoveštenje
- Churches of Kovilje Monastery
- Crna Reka
- Gornjak
- Hermitage of St. Peter Koriški
- Kađenica
- Pećinska
- Savina
In Montenegro:
See also
- Serbian monasteries
References
- ↑ http://www.kosovo.net/map3.jpg
- ↑ gomionica.org
- ↑ Ljiljana Ševo (2003). "Gomionica monastery in the light of recent discoveries". Zbornik Matice srpske za likovne umetnosti (Novi Sad: Matica srpska). 34/35: 269–277. ISSN 0352-6844.
- ↑ Ljiljana Ševo (2007). "Serbian Orthodox monastery of Rmanj". Bosnia and Herzegovina Commission to preserve national monuments.
- ↑ Spiritual genocide, published by the Serb Orthodox Church
- ↑ http://www.eparhija-dalmatinska.hr/Manastiri-Dragovic-L.htm
- ↑ http://www.eparhija-gornjokarlovacka.hr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=199&Itemid=68&lang=sr
- ↑ http://www.eparhija-gornjokarlovacka.hr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=200&Itemid=69&lang=sr
- ↑ http://www.eparhija-dalmatinska.hr/Manastiri-Krka-c.htm
- ↑ http://www.eparhija-dalmatinska.hr/Manastiri-Krupa-c.htm
- ↑ http://www.mitropolija-zagrebacka.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37%3A2009-12-23-08-25-22&catid=2%3A2009-12-23-08-21-46&Itemid=5&lang=sr-cir
- ↑ Радослав И. Чубрило, Биљана Р. Ивковић, Душан Ђаковић, Јован Адамовић, Милан Ђ. Родић и др. Српска Крајина. — Београд: Матић, 2011. — P. 554
- ↑ Радослав И. Чубрило, Биљана Р. Ивковић, Душан Ђаковић, Јован Адамовић, Милан Ђ. Родић и др. Српска Крајина. — Београд: Матић, 2011. — P. 556
- ↑ "The Macedonian Orthodox Church".
Sources
- Slobodan Mileusnić (2004). Srpski manastiri : od Hilandara do Libertvila (in Serbian). Belgrade: Srpska književna zadruga. ISBN 978-8637908661. OCLC 492359583.
- Branka Kulić; Nedeljka Srećkov (1994). The monasteries of the Fruška Gora. (translated from Serbo-Croatian by Randall A. Major). Novi Sad: Prometej. OCLC 37140877.
- Svetlana S Popović. Krst u krugu : arhitektura manastira u srednjovekovnoj Srbiji.
- Olga Zirojević. Crkve i manastiri na području pećke patrijaršije do 1683. godine.
- Dušan V Komluški. Srednjevekovni manastiri i crkve u Srbiji.
- Miloš Đurasinović. Srednjovekovni manastiri i crkve Srbije.
External links
- panacomp.neet
- The official website of the Serbian Orthodox Church
- Monasteries in Serbia
- Monasteries at Discoverserbia.org
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