Banja Monastery on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
The Banja Monastery ( sr, Манастир Бања, Manastir Banja) is a
Time of founding of the monastery is unknown, but the first historical sources ( Studenica Typicon) mention it in the 12th century. In 1220 Banja became center of Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Dabar. There are three churches within the monastery, the Church of St. Nicholas, of St. Eliah and the Church of Ascension of the Holy Virgin. St. Nicholas Church, the main monastery church, was founded by King
Serbian Orthodox Monastery
Serbian may refer to:
* someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe
* someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people
* Serbian language
* Serbian names
See also
*
*
* Old Serbian (disambiguation) ...
located near Priboj, Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hu ...
. Monastery Banja presents Cultural Monument of Exceptional Importance in Serbia.
History
Time of founding of the monastery is unknown, but the first historical sources ( Studenica Typicon) mention it in the 12th century. In 1220 Banja became center of Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Dabar. There are three churches within the monastery, the Church of St. Nicholas, of St. Eliah and the Church of Ascension of the Holy Virgin. St. Nicholas Church, the main monastery church, was founded by King Stefan Dečanski
Stefan Uroš III ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Урош III, ), known as Stefan Dečanski ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Дечански, ; 1276 – 11 November 1331), was the King of Serbia from 6 January 1322 to 8 September 1331. Dečanski was the son of ...
(r. 1322–31) in 1329. The original church was burned during the Ottoman invasion. Itzkowitz, Norman (1980). Ottoman Empire and Islamic tradition. University of Chicago Press The church was restored in 1570 and gained its present look in 1904 when the last restoration took place. The monastery was not only center of the bishopric but the mausoleum of Vojnović noble family.
See also
*Cultural Monuments of Exceptional Importance Immovable Cultural Heritage of Exceptional Importance ( sr, Непокретна културна добра од изузетног значаја/) are those objects of Immovable cultural heritage that enjoy the highest level of state protection i ...
* Tourism in Serbia
* Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches.
The majori ...
* Priboj
References
Bibliography
* * *External links
* 14th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Serbia Nemanjić dynasty endowments Priboj Cultural Monuments of Exceptional Importance (Serbia) 1329 establishments in Europe Religious organizations established in the 1320s Christian monasteries established in the 14th century Medieval Serbian Orthodox monasteries Gothic architecture in Serbia {{Cultural Heritage of Exceptional Importance