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The Manasija Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Манасија, romanized: Manastir Manasija, pronounced) also known as Resava (Ресава, pronounced), is a Serbian Orthodox monastery near Despotovac, Serbia founded by Despot Stefan Lazarević between 1406 and 1418. [3] The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
Saint Sava, one of the founders, fresco from the Church of the Holy Apostles. The monastery is located at the edges of an old Roman and Byzantine Siperant. [1] The monastery complex, consisting of four churches, [2] of which three churches connected as one whole, [1] was built in the first third of the 13th century, 1321–1324, and 1330–1337. [1]
Princess Milica of Serbia, founder of monastery. The monastery was built from 1388 to 1405. [1] In Ljubostinja were buried Princess Milica, Lazar Hrebeljanović's wife and Nun Jefimija, which after the Battle of Kosovo became a nun along with a number of other widows of Serbian noblemen, who lost their lives in the battles on the river Maritsa and Kosovo Polje.
The Sinjac Monastery (or Čiflik Monastery) is located in the village of Sinjac, Serbia, on the banks of the Nišava River, in the municipality of Bela Palanka. It is dedicated to Saint Nicholas . Monastery belongs to the Eparchy of Niš of the Serbian Orthodox Church and represents an immovable cultural asset as a cultural monument.
Archaeological research complex showed his great age as a cult place, finds from prehistory, and among the most significant finds are the remains of a hospital from the time of the king Milutin (1282—1321), in which medieval relics were found. The location of the monastery itself is a old cult place.
It has been described that "what Studenica was for the Medieval Serbia, Krušedol Monastery was for the Serbs in Podunavlje". Many artifacts from the monastery vault are today kept in the Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church. [1] Because of the large library, many scholars used to visit and stay in the monastery, including the poet Laza Kostić.
The Manasija (Resava) Monastery in Serbia, for example, incorporates a system of massive walls, ten towers, and a huge dungeon, all built in 1407–1418. Endowed by the Serbian despot Stefan Lazarević, the strongly defended Manasija became not only his final resting place but also the last major center of cultural activity in Serbia before its ...
This is a list of Serbian Orthodox Christian monasteries in Serbia and near areas (Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, and Kosovo), also Romania, Hungary, Greece, Germany, United States of America, Canada, and Australia.