List of Serb Orthodox monasteries
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This is a list of Serbian Orthodox Christian monasteries.
Serbia
Central Serbia
English | Serbian Cyrillic | Founded |
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Saint Achillius Church Saint Achillius Church (Serbia) Saint Achillius Church, is a church in Arilje, Serbia. It is dedicated to the Saint Achillius from Larissa , fighter against Arianism and participants of the First Council of Nicaea in 325. God made him celebrate victory over Arianism, making a miracle to Achillius confession of the truth water... |
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 Bukovo monastery Bukovo monastery is a late 13th- or early 14th century Serbian Orthodox monastery on the slopes of Bratujevac in Negotin, Serbia, founded by Serbian king Stefan Milutin of the House of Nemanjić. It is surrounded by woods at the hill of Bratujevac, the frescoes in the monastery includes the Holy... |
Буково | 1282–1321 |
Crna Reka Monastery Crna Reka Monastery The Crna Reka Monastery is a 13th century Serbian Orthodox monastery situated at the gorges of Ibarski Kolasin, on the Crna Reka with the cave-church of Archangel Michael with 16th century frescoes and relics of Saint Peter of Koriša... |
Црна Река | 13th century |
Ćelije Monastery Ćelije Monastery The Ćelije Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery. It is located by the Gradac river, on the 6th km from the town of Valjevo, Serbia. It was founded in the late 13th century... |
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 Gradac Monastery Gradac Monastery is a monastery in the Republic of Serbia. It lies on the elevated plateau above the river Gradačka, at the edge of the forested slopes Golija. It is 21 km northwest of Raška and 12.5 km west of Brvenik and Ibar highway... |
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 Ottoman Empire The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries... period |
Jovanje Monastery | Јовање | late 15th century |
Kalenić Monastery Kalenic monastery Kalenić monastery is an important Serb Orthodox monastery near Rekovac in central Serbia. It was built by protodaviar Bogdan in the early 15th century... |
Каленић | 1407 |
Kaona Monastery | Kaoнa | 14th century |
Kastaljan Monastery | Кастаљан | 13th century |
Klisura Monastery Klisura Monastery Klisura Monastery or Klisurski manastir may refer to the following monasteries:*Klisurski Monastery in Bulgaria, Orthodox monastery founded in 1869*Klisura Monastery in Serbia, Orthodox monastery founded in early 13th century... |
Клисура | early 13th century |
Koporin Monastery Koporin Monastery Koporin Monastery is a monastery at the outskirts of the town of Velika Plana, Serbia, just off the road to Smederevska Palanka. The monastery church, dedicated to the St. Stephen, was built during the reign of Despot Stefan Lazarević which portrait is preserved inside the church, together with... |
Копорин | 1402 |
Koroglaš monastery Koroglaš monastery Koroglaš monastery is an abandoned 14th century Serbian Orthodox monastery in the village of Miloševo, Negotin, Serbia, thought to have been founded by Serbian king Stefan Milutin of the House of Nemanjić, legend says that King Marko Kraljević was buried here after returning from the Battle of... |
Корoглаш | 14th century |
Kovilje Monastery Kovilje Monastery Kovilje Monastery , dedicated to Archangel Gabriel, is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church, located in the village of Kovilje, in the municipality of Ivanjica, in south-west Serbia belonging to the Žiča Diocese. It is sited between Golija and Javor mountains, in the Nošnica river valley... |
Ковиље | 13th century |
Kumanica Monastery | Куманица | 14th century |
Lelić Monastery | Лелић | 20th century |
Lipovac Monastery | Липовац | 1399 |
Ljubostinja Monastery Ljubostinja Ljubostinja is a Serbian Orthodox monastery near Trstenik, Serbia. Located in the small mountain valley of the Ljubostinja river. Monastery is dedicated to the Holy Virgin. The monastery was built from the 1388 to 1405... |
Љубостиња | 1388 |
Saint Mother of Christ Monastery | Манастир Свете Богородице | 1159 |
Manasija Monastery Manasija monastery Manasija , also known as Resava , is a Serb Orthodox monastery near Despotovac, Serbia, founded by Despot Stefan Lazarević between 1406 and 1418. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It is one of the most significant monuments of medieval Serbian culture and it belongs to the "Morava... |
Манасија | 1407 |
Marija Petruška | Манастир Марије Петрушке | 15th century |
Mažić (Orahovica) | Мажић - Ораховица | 12th century |
Mileševa Monastery Mileševa monastery Mileševa is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located near Prijepolje, in southwest Serbia. It was founded by King Vladislav, in the years between 1234 and 1236... |
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 Ottoman Empire The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries... period |
Radovašnica Monastery | Радовашница | 1541 |
Transfiguration Monastery Transfiguration Monastery The Transfiguration Monastery or the Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration of God is an Eastern Orthodox monastery located in the Dervent gorge of the Yantra River. It lies near the village of Samovodene, seven kilometres north of Veliko Tarnovo, in central northern Bulgaria... |
Преображење | 1528 |
Pribojska Banja Monastery | Прибојска Бања | 12th century |
Poganovo Monastery Poganovo Monastery The Monastery of St. Jovan Bogoslov or Poganovo monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery situated in the gorges of the river Jerma, near the village Poganovo, Dimitrovgrad, Serbia.... |
Поганово | before 1499 |
Pokajnica Monastery Pokajnica Monastery Pokajnica Monastery is a monastery complex in Velika Plana, Serbia.- History :Wooden church dedicated to the transfer of the relics of St. Nicholas near Velika Plana, a cultural monument of great importance, build in 1818 by Knez of Smederevo Nahiya, Vujica Vulićević. This is attested by the name... |
Покајница | 1818 |
Saint Prohor Pčinjski Monastery Prohor Pcinjski Prohor Pčinjski is an 11th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery in the deep south of Serbia, located in village Klenike, Pčinja District near the border with Macedonia... |
Свети Прохор Пчињски | 1067-1071 |
Pustinja Monastery | Пустиња | 13th century |
Rača Monastery Raca monastery The Rača monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery 7 km south of Bajina Bašta, Serbia. The monastery was built by Stefan Dragutin . In 1826 it was reconstructed due to being burned down several times while Serbia was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire.... |
Рача | 1273 |
Rakovica Monastery | Раковица | 14th century |
Ravanica Monastery Ravanica Monastery Ravanica is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on Kučaj mountains near Ćuprija in Central Serbia. It was built in 1375–1377 as an endowment of prince Lazar of Serbia, who is buried there.... |
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 Studenica monastery The Studenica monastery is a 12th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery situated 39 km southwest of Kraljevo, in central Serbia. It is one of the largest and richest Serb Orthodox monasteries.... |
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 Vojlovica monastery The Vojlovica Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery situated in the Banat region, in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is in the Pančevo municipality... |
Војловица | 1383 |
Voljavča monastery | Вољавча | 1050 |
Vratna monastery Vratna monastery Vratna monastery, now Vratna nunnery is a 14th century Serbian Orthodox monastery in the village of Vratna in Negotin, Serbia, founded by Serbian king Stefan Milutin of the House of Nemanjić and Saint Nikodim I... |
Вратна | 14th century |
Vraćevšnica monastery Vraćevšnica monastery Vraćevšnica monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in Vraćevšnica, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia, built in 1428-1429 on the orders of Radič Postupović, a captain under Đurađ Branković and Stefan Lazarević. It is built with the Resava school and is dedicated to Saint George.... |
Враћевшница | 1428 |
Vrelo monastery | Врело - Трнавско Благовештење | before 15th century |
Vujan monastery | Вујан | 13th century |
Zaova monastery | Заова | before 1467 |
Zemun monastery Zemun monastery The Zemun Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery located in the Zemun municipality of Belgrade, Serbia. It was founded in 1786.-External links:*... |
Земун | 1786 |
Zlatenac monastery | Златенац | 1410s |
Žiča Monastery Žica Žiča is an early 13th century Serb Orthodox monastery near Kraljevo, Serbia. The monastery, together with the Church of the Holy Dormition, was built by the first King of Serbia, Stefan the First-Crowned and the first Head of the Serbian Church, Saint Sava.... |
Жича | 1205 |
Vojvodina
Fruška GoraFruška GoraFruška Gora is a mountain in north Syrmia. Most part of the territory is located within Vojvodina, Serbia, but a smaller part on its western side overlaps the territory of Croatia...
English | Serbian Cyrillic | Founded |
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Beočin Monastery Beocin monastery The Beočin monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery just outside of Beočin, on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. The date of its founding is unknown... |
Беочин | before 1566 |
Bešenovo Monastery Bešenovo monastery The Bešenovo Monastery was a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina... |
Бешеново | late 13th century |
Divša Monastery Divša monastery The Divša Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is believed to have been founded by Despot Jovan Branković in the late 15th century... |
Дивша | late 15th century |
Fenek Monastery Fenek monastery The Fenek Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery in the Srem region, near Belgrade. The monastery is near the village of Jakovo, in the Surčin municipality. According to tradition, the founders of Monastery were Stefan and Angelina Branković, in the second half of the 15th century... |
Фенек | late 15th century |
Grgeteg Monastery Grgeteg monastery The Grgeteg Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. According to tradition, the monastery was founded by Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk in 1471... |
Гргетег | 1471 |
New Hopovo Monastery | Ново Хопово | before 1451 |
Old Hopovo Monastery | Старо Хопово | 1496 |
Jazak Monastery Jazak monastery The Jazak Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina... |
Јазак | early 16th century |
Krušedol Monastery Krušedol monastery The Krušedol monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. The monastery is the legacy of the last Serbian despot family of Srem - Branković. It was built between 1509 and 1514... |
Крушедол | 1509 |
Kuveždin Monastery Kuveždin monastery The Kuveždin monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. Traditionally, its foundation is ascribed to Stefan Štiljanović. The first reliable record of its existence are dated in 1566/1569... |
Кувеждин | 1520 |
Petkovica Monastery Petkovica monastery The Petkovica Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. According to tradition, it was founded by the widow of Stefan Štiljanović, Despotess Jelena... |
Петковица | early 16th century |
Privina Glava Monastery Privina Glava monastery The Privina Glava Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. According to legend, Privina Glava was founded by a man named Priva, in the 12th century... |
Привина Глава | 12th century |
Rakovac Monastery Rakovac monastery The Rakovac Monastery 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... |
Раковац | 1498 |
Little Remeta Monastery | Мала Ремета | before 1546 |
Big Remeta Monastery | Велика Ремета | late 13th century |
Šišatovac Monastery Šišatovac monastery The Šišatovac Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery situated on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. The foundation of the monastery is ascribed to the refugee monks from the Serbian monastery of Žiča... |
Шишатовац | 1520 |
Vrdnik-Ravanica Monastery Vrdnik-Ravanica monastery The Vrdnik-Ravanica Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery in Vrdnik in the Fruška Gora mountains in the northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. The exact date of its founding is unknown... |
Врдник-Сремска Раваница | 1521 |
Others
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Bavanište monastery Bavanište monastery The Bavanište Monastery is a 15th century Serb Orthodox monastery located in Bavanište, Kovin in northern Serbia .It was founded in the 15th century and eventually deserted when the Ottoman Turks advanced, subsequently conquering most Balkan states. It was destroyed in 1716. It was rebuilt in... |
Баваниште | 15th century |
Bođani Monastery | Бођани | 1478 |
Hajdučica monastery Hajducica monastery The Hajdučica Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery located in the Banat region, in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. The monastery is situated in the municipality of Plandište. It was founded in 1939.-External links:*... |
Хајдучица | 1939 |
Holy Trinity monastery Holy Trinity monastery (Kikinda) The Holy Trinity Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery located in the Banat region, in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. The monastery is situated in the town of Kikinda. It was built in 1885-87 as a foundation of Melanija Nikolić-Gajčić.-External links:**... |
Манастир Свете Тројице | 19th century |
Kovilj Monastery Kovilj monastery The Kovilj Monastery is a 13th century Serb Orthodox monastery in the Bačka region, in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is near the village of Kovilj, in the Novi Sad municipality. The monastery was renovated in 1705-1707... |
Ковиљ | early 13th century |
Mesić Monastery Mesic monastery The Mesić Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery situated in the Banat region, in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. The monastery is situated near the village of Mesić, in the Vršac municipality... |
Месић | 1225 |
Saint Melanie monastery | Манастир Свете Меланије | 1935 |
Obed Monastery | Обед | 1446 |
Sombor Monastery Sombor monastery The Sombor Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery situated in the Bačka region, in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is in the Sombor municipality. It was founded in 1928-1933.-External links:*... |
Сомбор | 1928 |
Središte monastery Središte monastery The Središte Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery located in the Banat region, in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. The monastery is situated near the villages of Malo Središte and Veliko Središte, in the Vršac municipality. It was built in the late 15th century by Despot Jovan... |
Средиште | |
Vojlovica Monastery Vojlovica monastery The Vojlovica Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery situated in the Banat region, in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is in the Pančevo municipality... |
Војловица | 14th century |
Kosovo
At least 8 monasteries have been destroyed during the Kosovo WarKosovo War
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by ethnic Albanians.
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Saint Archangels Monastery Saint Archangels Monastery The Saint Archangels Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Prizren, in southern Kosovo. It was founded by the Serbian emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia, and built between 1343 and 1352, on the site of the earlier church, part of the Višegrad fortress complex... |
Манастир Свети Арханђели | 1343 |
Banjska Monastery Banjska monastery Banjska Monastery , , is a Serb Orthodox monastery in the Banjska village near Zvečan in the north of Kosovo.- History :The monastery, along with St... |
Бањска | 1312 |
Binač (Buzovik) Monastery | Бинач/Бузовик | 14th century |
Our Lady of Ljeviš Our Lady of Ljeviš Our Lady of Ljeviš is a 12th-century Serbian Orthodox Church in the town of Prizren, located in southern Serbia - Kosovo and Metohija. It was converted to a mosque during the Ottoman Empire and then back into an Orthodox Church in the early 20th century.... |
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 Gracanica monastery Gračanica is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Kosovo. It was founded by the Serbian king Stefan Milutin in 1321. Gračanica Monastery was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia, and on 13 July 2006 it was placed on UNESCO's... |
Грачаница | 1310 |
Kmetovce Monastery | Кметовце | early 14th century |
Mušutište Monastery | Мушутиште | 1315 |
Patriarchate of Peć Patriarchate of Pec The Patriarchate of Peć is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located near Peć. The complex of churches is the spiritual seat and mausoleum of the Serbian archbishops and patriarchs.... |
Пећка патријаршија | >1235 |
Saint Barbara Monastery | ||
Saint Marko Koriški | Свети Марко Коришки | 1467 |
Saint Uroš Monastery | Свети Урош | >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 Visoki Decani monastery Visoki Dečani is a major Serbian Orthodox Christian monastery located in Kosovo, south of the town of Peć. The monastic katholikon is the largest medieval church in the Balkans containing the most extensive preserved fresco decoration.- History :The monastery was established in a chestnut grove... |
Високи Дечани | 1327 |
Vračevo Monastery | Врачево | 1316 |
Zočište Monastery Zočište Monastery Zočište Monastery or formally St. Cosmas and Damian's Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery belonging to the Eparchy of Raška and Prizren, situated in the village of Zočište, about 3 miles southeast of Orahovac, Kosovo. The church originally of the 13th century, inferred as dedicated to St... |
Зочиште | before 1327 |
Montenegro
Monks' monasteries
English | Serbian Cyrillic | Founded |
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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 Cetinje Monastery The Cetinje Monastery is the most famous Serb Orthodox monastery in Montenegro. It is located in Cetinje and is the seat of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral and its name derives from Saint Peter of Cetinje... |
Цетињски Манастир | 1484 |
Ćelije Monastery | Ћелије | 15th century |
Dajbabe Monastery Dajbabe Monastery Dajbabe or Dajbaba Monastery is a Serb Orthodox Christian Monastery below Dajbaba hill, which raises above Zeta valley, founded in 1897.... |
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 Kom Monastery Kom Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in Montenegro. It is located on the small island of Odrinska gora, close to Žabljak Crnojevića, where the Crnojević River flows into the western section of Lake Skadar. The Kom Monastery was built between 1415 and 1427, during the rule of the Crnojevići... |
Ком | 1427 |
Kosijerevo Monastery | Косијеревео | early 14th century |
Miholjska Prevlaka monastery | Михољска Превлака - Царска лавра | 1219 |
Morača Monastery Moraca monastery Morača is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in the valley of the Morača River in central Montenegro. It is one of the best known medieval monuments of Montenegro. It was founded in 1252 by Stefan, son of Vukan Nemanjić, the Grand Prince of Zeta, the grandson of Stefan Nemanja... |
Морача | 1252 |
Moračnik Monastery | Морачник | 1417 |
Monastery of Saint Nicholas (Obod) | Манастир Светог Николе - Обод | 13th century |
Nikoljac Monastery | Никољац | 16th century |
Ostrog Monastery Ostrog monastery The Monastery of Ostrog is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church placed against an almost vertical background, high up in the large rock of Ostroška Greda, in Montenegro. It is dedicated to Saint Basil of Ostrog . From the monastery, a superb view of the Bjelopavlići plain can be seen... |
Острог | 1665 |
Saint Peter of Cetinje House | Дом "Свети Петар Цетињски" | modern |
Piva Monastery Piva Monastery Piva Monastery is located in Piva, Montenegro near the source of the Piva River in northern Montenegro. Built between 1573 and 1586, it was rebuilt in another location in 1982... |
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 Savina monastery Savina Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery near the city Herceg Novi in Boka Kotorska, and is made of thick Mediterranean vegetation in one of the most beautiful parts of the northern Montenegrin coast. It was built by the Duke of Saint Sava, Stjepan Vukčić Kosača of Herzegovina... |
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 |
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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
English | Serbian Cyrillic | Founded |
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Beška Monastery | Бешка | 1438 |
Bliškova Monastery | Блишкова | 13th century |
Brezojevica Monastery | Брезојевица | 13th century |
Saint John the Baptist monastery | Манастир Светог Јована Крститеља | mid 15th century |
Saint Luke | Манастир Свети Лука | 15th century |
Majstorovina Monastery | Мајсторовина | beginning of 13th century |
Saint Nicholas monastery | Манастир Светог Николе Грабовац-Обреновац | 13th century |
Orahovo Monastery | Орахово | early 15th century |
Ostros Monastery | Острос | early 11th century |
Podvrh Monastery | Подврх | Ottoman Ottoman Empire The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries... 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 |
Saint Archangel Michael Monastery | Манастир Светог Арханђела | 1996 |
Saint Cyril and Methodius Monastery | Манастир Светог Кирила и Методија | 1993 |
Holy Transfiguration Monastery | Манастир Светог Преображења | 1996 |
Republika SrpskaRepublika SrpskaRepublika Srpska is one of two main political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
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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 Glogovac monastery Monastery Glogovac is dedicated to Saint George. It is located near the village of Babići, municipality of Šipovo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the only monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church built in this area... |
Глоговац | mid 15th century |
Gomionica Monastery http://www.gomionica.org | Гомионица | before 1536 |
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 Tavna Monastery Monastery Tavna is located in the southern part of the Bijeljina municipality. The date of foundation is hidden somewhere in the shadows of the far past. The cronichles of monasteries Tronosha and Pech say it was built by Dragutin's sons Vladislav i Urosic. Stefan Dragutin was the King of Serbia... |
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 | 1443 |
Veselinje Monastery | Веселиње | |
Vozuća Monastery | Возућа | |
Zavala Monastery | Завала | |
Žitomislić Monastery Žitomislic Monastery Žitomislić is а monastery of the Serb Orthodox Church located near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its church is dedicated to the Annunciation of the Mother of God.... |
Житомислић | 15th century |
Croatia
Several monasteries were destroyed during the World War II by the Ustashi and again, during the Yugoslav warsYugoslav wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...
.
English | Serbian Cyrillic | Founded |
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Dragović Monastery Dragovic Monastery Monastery Dragović is a Serbian Orthodox monastery situated on a hill downstream the Cetina River not far from Vrlika in Croatia. Unfortunately, when the artificial Peruća Lake was created, the original monastery sank due to land movement... |
Драговић | 1395 |
Gomirje Monastery Gomirje Monastery Gomirje is Serbian Orthodox monastery in Croatia. It is the westernmost Serb Orthodox monastery, located in the western part of Croatia near the village of Gomirje, near the town of Ogulin.The monastery is thought to have been founded in the year 1600... |
Гомирје | 15th century |
Komogovina Monastery | Комоговина | 15th century |
Krka Monastery Krka monastery Krka Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Archangel Michael, located near the river Krka, 3 km east of Kistanje, in central Dalmatia, Croatia... |
Крка | 1350 |
Krupa Monastery Krupa monastery Krupa monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery on Krupa River in Dalmatia, Croatia.The Monastery was built in 1317 by monks from Bosnia. It is located at the southern slopes of the Velebit mountain, halfway between the towns of Obrovac and Knin. It is the oldest Orthodox monastery in Croatia.The... |
Крупа | 1317 |
Lepavina Monastery Lepavina Monastery Lepavina is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the village of Lepavina, near the town of Koprivnica in the Republic of Croatia... |
Лепавина | 1550 |
Orahovica Monastery Orahovica Monastery The Orahovica Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in Orahovica, Croatia. It is mentioned in 1583 when it was a seat of the Požega metropolitanate and an important culuro-religious center, located in the then Virovitica County. It is thought to have been built before the end of the 15th... |
1583 | |
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 |
Republic of Macedonia
The Macedonian Orthodox church declared autocephalyAutocephaly
Autocephaly , in hierarchical Christian churches and especially Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches, is the status of a hierarchical church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop...
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
Macedonian Orthodox Church
The Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric or just Macedonian Orthodox Church is the body of Christians who are united under the Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia, exercising jurisdiction over Macedonian Orthodox Christians in the Republic of Macedonia and in exarchates in the Macedonian...
is not in communion with any Orthodox Church. Several Serbian monasteries are thus in control of the non-recognized MOC, in reality part of the Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric
Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric
The Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox archdiocese in the Republic of Macedonia...
. The following are founded by Serbs or in the control of the SOC:
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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 Bazjaš monastery The Bazjaš or Baziaş monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery established in 1225 and located in Baziaş village, Socol Commune, Caraş-Severin County, Romania.... |
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
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Hilandar Monastery | Хиландар | Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... (Mount Athos monastic autonomous region Mount Athos Mount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the... ) |
1198 |
Serbian Kovin Monastery Serbian Kovin Monastery The Serbian Kovin monastery is the oldest monastery in Hungary and one of the two monasteries in the Diocese of Buda of the Serbian Orthodox Church... |
Манастир Српски Ковин | Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The... (Ráckeve/ Srpski Kovin Ráckeve Ráckeve Ráckeve Ráckeve (Ráckeve (Ráckeve ([[Serbian language|Serbian: Српски Ковин) is a town on [[Csepel Island]] in [[Hungary]]. It is situated in [[]].-History:... ) |
15th century |
Grabovac Monastery | Грабовац | Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The... (Grábóc/ Grabovac) |
14th century |
St Sava Monastery | Манастир Светог Саве | USA (Libertyville, Illinois) |
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New Gračanica Monastery New Gracanica Monastery New Gračanica is a Serbian Orthodox monastery complex is located in Third Lake, Illinois, USA, a suburb of Chicago. The complex houses a scaled up replica of the Gračanica monastery in Kosovo... |
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) |
Cave monasteries
In Serbia:- Blagoveštenje
- Crna RekaCrna Reka MonasteryThe Crna Reka Monastery is a 13th century Serbian Orthodox monastery situated at the gorges of Ibarski Kolasin, on the Crna Reka with the cave-church of Archangel Michael with 16th century frescoes and relics of Saint Peter of Koriša...
- PećinskaPećinska churchThe Pećinska church is a 14th century Serbian Orthodox cave-church dedicated to St.Peter and Paul in heights of Kalik on the right gorges of Stara planina near Lukovska Banja. It has a unique fresco of Jesus called the Bald Jesus . It is part of the Monastery of Saint Gabriel .-External...
- Gornjak
- KađenicaKađenicaThe Smoke Cave or Kađenica is a cave-church located in the village of Dljina near Čačak on the right bank of the Zapadna Morava, one kilometre upstream from Ovčar Banja, Serbia....
- SavinaSavina monastery (Serbia)The cave monastery of Savina or Gornja Savina Isposnica is located in 15 km from the monastery of Studenica.It is located in the Raška District....
- Hermitage of St. Peter KoriškiHermitage of St. Peter KoriškiHermitage and Monastery of Saint Peter Koriški is a ruin of the hermitage and monastery located in Koriša, Prizren municipality, Kosovo. The monastery and hermitage are on the same location.- History :...
- Churches of Kovilje MonasteryKovilje MonasteryKovilje Monastery , dedicated to Archangel Gabriel, is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church, located in the village of Kovilje, in the municipality of Ivanjica, in south-west Serbia belonging to the Žiča Diocese. It is sited between Golija and Javor mountains, in the Nošnica river valley...
In Montenegro:
- Ostrog monasteryOstrog monasteryThe Monastery of Ostrog is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church placed against an almost vertical background, high up in the large rock of Ostroška Greda, in Montenegro. It is dedicated to Saint Basil of Ostrog . From the monastery, a superb view of the Bjelopavlići plain can be seen...