Ljubostinja
Ljubostinja monastery
Entrance of the Ljubostinja monastery. |
Monastery information |
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Full name |
Манастир - Љубостиња |
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Order |
Serbian Orthodox |
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Established |
1388 |
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Dedicated to |
Holy Virgin |
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People |
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Founder(s) |
Milica of Serbia |
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Site |
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Location |
Trstenik, Serbia |
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Visible remains |
Princess Milica of Serbia Nun Jefimija |
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Public access |
Yes |
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Ljubostinja (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубостиња, Serbian pronunciation: [ʎubǒːstiɲa]) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery near Trstenik, Serbia. Located in the small mountain valley of the Ljubostinja river. The monastery is dedicated to the Holy Virgin. The monastery was built from the 1388 to 1405. In Ljubostinja were buried Princess Milica, Lazar Hrebeljanović's wife and Nun Jefimija, which after the Battle of Kosovo here became a nun along with a number of other widows of Serbian noblemans who lost their life's in the battles on the river Maritsa and Kosovo Polje. Today Ljubostinja is female monastery which preserves and maintains about fifty nuns. During the rebellion of Kočine, the people were invited on rebellion from the Ljubostinje monastery. After the collapse of rebellion Turks burned the monastery to revenge the Serbs, and most of the frescoes were destroyed. Also, when the monastery was set on fire a secret treasure was discovered that was hidden in the monastery wall behind icons in which the Princess Milica hid their treasure. Among the stolen treasure was located Crown of Prince Lazar, which is now located in Istanbul.
Architecture and painting
The outer facade of Ljubostinja church
Monastery Ljubostinja have one dome and narthex. It was built with trimmed stones, while the facade are re-plastered and painted to imitate masonry of stone and bricks. The monastery was built in the Morava Style. The builder is master Rade Borović, whose name is on the threshold of the passage from the narthex to nave. Paintings is only partially preserved, and it was built on two occasions. In the narthex are portraits of Prince Lazar and Princess Milica made by Hieromonk Makarije. From the painting works are still preserved: "Great Holidays," "Passion," "Miracles" ... The church also have very valuable iconostasis, which was painted by Nikola Marković in 1822.
Ljubostinja was declared a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1979, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia.
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Coordinates: 43°39′N 21°00′E / 43.650°N 21.000°E / 43.650; 21.000
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| Monuments of Culture |
- Exceptional Importance
- Great Importance
- Protected
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| Metropolitanates | |
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| Diaspora dioceses | |
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| Ohrid Archbishopric |
- Metropolitanate of Skopje
- Eparchy of Prespa and Pelagonija
- Bregalnica
- Debar and Kičevo
- Polog and Kumanovo
- Veles and Povardarie
- Strumica
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| Defunct | |
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| | | Patriarchs (since 1346) |
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| 1346–1463 |
- St. Joanikije II
- Sava IV
- St. Jefrem
- St. Spiridon
- Danilo III, Patriarch of Serbia
- Sava V
- Danilo IV
- St. Kirilo
- St. Nikon
- Teofan
- Nikodim II
- Arsenije II
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| 1557–1766 | |
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| since 1920 | |
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- Leontije Lambrović
- Agatanel
- Antim
- Melentije Pavlović
- Petar Jovanović
- Mihailo Jovanović
- Teodosije Mraović
- Inokentije Pavlović
- Dimitrije Pavlović
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| Serbia | | |
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| Montenegro | |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
- Cathedral Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos
- Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel
- Church of the Holy Transfiguration
- Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Banja Luka
- Church of Saint George, Sopotnica
- Old St. Nicholas Church, Javorani
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| Croatia |
- St. Petka's Church, Banovci
- Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Trpinja
- Church of St. Nicholas, Vukovar
- Church of Pentecost, Vinkovci
- Church of St. George, Kneževo
- Church of Assumption of Blessed Virgin, Negoslavci
- Church of Pentecost, Markušica
- Church of St. George, Bobota
- Church of St. Stephen, Borovo
- Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, Srijemske Laze
- Church of St. Peter and Paul, Bolman
- Church of St. Stefan Štiljanović, Karanac
- Church of St. Nicholas, Mirkovci
- Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Gaboš
- Church of St. Nicholas, Jagodnjak
- Church of St. Demetrius, Dalj
- Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Zagreb
- Church of St. George, Grubišno Polje
- Church of St. Nicholas, Karlovac
- Church of Nativity of the Virgin, Drežnica
- Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Štikada
- Orthodox church of st. George, Varaždin
- Holy Annunciation Orthodox church, Dubrovnik
- Orthodox Church in Knin
- Church of St. Peter and Paul, Tepljuh
- San Spirodine Church, Peroj
- Church of St. Nicholas, Rijeka
- Church of St. Nicholas, Vrlika
- Orthodox church of Holy Salvation, Cetina
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| Other countries |
- Saints Constantine and Helen Serbian Orthodox Church, USA
- Trinity Chapel Complex, USA
- Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, Jackson, USA
- Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church, Slovenia
- Serbian Church (Arad), Romania
- St. Sava Church, Paris, France
- Church of the Holy Prince Lazar, United Kingdom
- Serbian Orthodox Church, Halifax, United Kingdom
- St. Nicholas, West Wycombe, United Kingdom
- Saint Spyridon Church, Trieste, Italy
- Annunciation Church, Szentendre, Hungary
- Transfiguration Church, Szentendre, Hungary
- Church of Our Lady, Göteborg, Sweden
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| Notes | * indicate churches in Kosovo, which is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Kosovo. |
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