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Pages in category "Medieval Serbian Orthodox monasteries" The following 68 pages are in this category, out of 68 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
The Patriarchal Monastery of Peć in Hvosno, seat of Serbian Orthodox church from the late 13th century to 1766.. Hvosno (Serbian Cyrillic: Хвосно, "thick wood") was a medieval Serbian county (Serbian: жупа / župa) located in the northern part of the Metohija region, in what is today Kosovo.
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.
Remains of Ras, medieval capital of Serbia (12th-13th century) Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Dečani, built in the 14th century Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Gračanica. The medieval period in the history of Serbia began in the 6th century with the Slavic migrations to Southeastern Europe, [1] and lasted until the Ottoman conquest of Serbian lands in the second half of the 15th century. [2]
The frescoes of Sopoćani are considered by some experts on Serbian medieval art as the most beautiful of that period. On the western wall of the nave is a famous fresco of the Dormition of the Virgin. In the 16th century the monks had to temporarily leave the monastery on several occasions due to the Ottoman threat.
The first suffering of the monastery is related to the year 1459, when the Serbian state definitely collapsed. During the Great Turkish War, at the end of the 17th century, the monastery church (called "Dobračka") was set on fire, probably in 1688, and after its end and the Great Migration of Serbs, the monastery was abandoned in 1690. [2]