Blagoveštenje Monastery
Blagoveštenje Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Благовештење) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in Ovčar-Kablar Gorge in Central Serbia.
Манастир Благовештење | |
.jpg.webp) Monastic church in 2020 | |
  Location within Serbia | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Established | 12th or 13th century |
| Dedicated to | Annunciation |
| Diocese | Eparchy of Žiča |
| Architecture | |
| Status | active |
| Site | |
| Location | Ovčar-Kablar Gorge |
| Coordinates | 43°53′52″N 20°10′59″E |
Establishment
The date of establishment is subject of dispute because some authors believe it was established in 12th century[1] while some authors point to 13th century.[2] The first written records about the monastery are from 13th century.[3]
The monastery consists of monastic church dedicated to Annunciation and several monastic residences and secondary objects that surrounds the church in elliptical shape, while the monastery is surrounded by tall stone walls on the Western and Southern side.[4] The inscription above Western entrance of the monastic church says that it was built in 1602 by hegumen Nikifor and other members of monastic fraternity.[5]
History
The first book printed in Belgrade, Gundulić's Four Gospels (Serbian: Гундулићево четворојеванђеље), is kept in the treasury of the Monastery Blagoveštenje.[6] It was printed in the Belgrade printing house in 1552.[7] The Government of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia planned to evacuate most important manuscripts and old books and journals from former building of the National Library of Serbia to Blagoveštenje and packed all of them into 150 crates, but decision of Minister of Education Miša Trifunović from 3 April 1941 canceled the evacuation.[8]
During Užice Republic the Communists led by Josip Broz Tito confiscated 200 hectares of land owned by the monastery and gave it to poor people.[9]
In 1948 the former Serbian Patriarch Pavle received monastic vows in the Monastery Blagoveštenje.[10]
See also
- List of Serb Orthodox monasteries
References
- Венац. 1972. p. 29.
... литица Каблара налази се манастир Благовештење. Његова старост је спорна: изгледа да је сазидан у ХII веку, ...
- (Милеуснић 1997, p. 6):"БЛАГОВЕШТЕЊЕ ПОД КАБЛАРОМ Манастир посвећен Благовестима П“ планином Каблар, у сливу Западне Мораве, налази се древни манастир Благовештење, основан још у XIII веку. "
- Православље. Издаје Српска патријаршија. 2007. p. 46.
Манастир Благовештење помиње се у 13 . веку
- Koraci. Kulturno-prosvetna zajedinica opštine Kragujevac. 1972. p. 222.
- (Милеуснић 2004, p. 31)
- Tasić, Jelena (18 December 2015). "Manastir Vavedenje: Kraj klisure na tragovima baroka". Danas. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- Tasić, Jelena (18 December 2015). "Manastir Vavedenje: Kraj klisure na tragovima baroka". Danas. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- (Dedijer 1980, p. 100):"I biblioteku je trebalo preneti u manastir Blagoveštenje kod Užica . Za ovaj slučaj je bilo spremno 150 sanduka . U 38 su upakovani rukopisi ( svaki je bio težak preko 80 kilograma ) , u 22 iste težine , stare knjige , pisma i retki časopisi ."
- (Đoković 1973, p. 30)
- (Радић 2005, p. 16)
Sources
- Đoković, Milan (1973). Užička republika. Eksport-pres.
- Dedijer, Vladimir (1980). Svedocanstva o drugom svetskomratu (témoignages sur la deuxième guerre mondiale). Narodna knjiga.
- Милеуснић, Слободан (2004). Српски манастири: од Хиландара до Либертвила. Српска књижевна задруга.
- Милеуснић, Слободан (1997). Средњовековни манастири Србије. Православна реч.
- Радић, Радмила (2005). Патријарх Павле: биографија. Новости. ISBN 978-86-7446-090-0.
Further reading
- Рајић, Делфина; Timotijević, Miloš (2005). Ризница прошлости: овчарско-кабларска клисура и њени манастири. Легенда. ISBN 978-86-7784-007-5.
