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Orthodox Monasteries Total Index: 010         

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1. Dobricevo  Monastery

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Established: 15th Century
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2. Gomionica  Monastery

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Established: 16th Century
Celebration/Hram:  Presentation of the Most Holy Theotokos
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Extended Information/Photos: Monastery Gomionica is situated 40 km from Banja Luka, Krajina Region. The monastery, with its church dedicated to the Presentation of the Most Holy Theotokos, was renovated by monks from Monastery Milesevo in 1595, who had fled there after the Turkish invasion.
WWW Links:
http://www.rastko.org.yu/rastko-bl/umetnost/likovne/srakic-ikone/srakic-ikone_bih_e.html
http://www.spc.org.yu/Genocid/Banjalucka/banjaluckae.html
 

 
3. Liplje  Monastery

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Extended Information/Photos: Monastery Liplje, situated between Kotor Varos and Teslic, Krajina Region, was founded by King Dragutin. The monastery was a significant center of manuscript copying in the Middle Ages. One of the first mentions of this Monastery is preserved in the "Diptych of Krusevo", dating from the 15th century.
WWW Links: http://www.spc.org.yu/Genocid/Banjalucka/banjaluckae.html



 

4. Lomnica (Lovnica)  Monastery

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Established: 16th Century
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Extended Information/Photos: Lomnica Monastery, situated near Sekovici, dates from 13th century and is still well preserved.
WWW Links:
http://www.rastko.org.yu/rastko-bl/umetnost/likovne/srakic-ikone/srakic-ikone_bih_e.html


 

5. Mostanica  Monastery

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Established: 14th Century
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Extended Information/Photos: Monastery Mostanica is situated 12 km from Kozarska Dubica, Krajina Region. The monastery, with the church of the Holy Archangel Michael, was founded by Serbian King Dragutin in the 14th century. It was ravaged by the Turks several times. In the 17th century, the monks again had to abandon this Monastery, fleeing from Turkish violence to Slavonia, where they restored Monastery Lepavina. A monk and brother of this Monastery was Deacon Avakum, until 1811 when, because of Turkish oppression, he was forced to leave the Monastery for Serbia, together with Genadije, Abbot of Monastery Mostanica, where he ended his life as a martyr.
WWW Links: http://www.spc.org.yu/Genocid/Banjalucka/banjaluckae.html


 

6. Ozren  Monastery

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Extended Information/Photos:  Ozren Monastery is on the Ozren Mountain, Republika Srpska.
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7. Trapist  Monastery

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Extended Information/Photos: Trapist Monastery, situated in Banja Luka, is famous for its hard cheese.
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8. Tvrdos  Monastery

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Established: 15th Century
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Extended Information/Photos: Tvrdos Monastery has an exquisite building from 15th century and is the Episcopal residence.
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9. Zavala  Monastery

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Established: 16th Century
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Extended Information/Photos: Zavala Monastery is situated in Popovo Polje.
WWW Links:
http://www.rastko.org.yu/rastko-bl/umetnost/likovne/srakic-ikone/srakic-ikone_bih_e.html


 

10.  Zitomislic Monastery

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Established: 1566
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Extended Information/Photos:  The Serbian Orthodox monastery of Zitomislici in Herzegovina, south of Mostar, was reconstructed on the site of an earlier complex during the Ottoman period. It was dynamited into fragments in 1993.
WWW Links:
http://www.haverford.edu/relg/sells/zitomislici/zitomislici.html
http://www.rastko.org.yu/rastko-bl/umetnost/likovne/srakic-ikone/srakic-ikone_bih_e.html
http://www.student.brynmawr.edu/students/jkatz/reconstruction
 






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