The Gorioč Monastery ( sr, Мaнастир Гориоч, Manastir Gorioč; sq, Manastiri i Gorioçit) is a
Serbian Orthodox
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 ...
Monastery in Kosovo,being a metohion (dependency) of the
Visoki Dečani
The Visoki Dečani Monastery ( sr, Манастир Високи Дечани, Manastir Visoki Dečani, sq, Manastiri i Deçanit) is a medieval Serbian Orthodox Christian monastery located near Deçan, Kosovo. It was founded in the first half of ...
Monastery. By tradition it was founded in 14. c by Serbian 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 ...
, as a gift to
St. Nicholas
Saint Nicholas of Myra, ; la, Sanctus Nicolaus (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greek descent from the maritime city of Myra in Asia Minor (; modern-day Demre ...
for the healing. Gorioč Monastery is situated on Bela Stena (White Rock), near
Istok
Istog or Istok ( sq-definite, Istog, Istogu, sr, Исток, ''Istok'') or Burim is a town and municipality located in the District of Peja of western Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the city of Istog has 5,115 inhabitants, while the munici ...
. Around Monastery church dedicated to
St. Nicholas
Saint Nicholas of Myra, ; la, Sanctus Nicolaus (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greek descent from the maritime city of Myra in Asia Minor (; modern-day Demre ...
, there are
dormitories
A dormitory (originated from the Latin word ''dormitorium'', often abbreviated to dorm) is a building primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people such as boarding school, high school, college or university s ...
for nuns and guests as well as bell tower, small economic buildings and fishpond.It depends on the eparchy of Ras-Prizren and appears on the list of cultural monuments of exceptional importance of the Republic of Serbia. The convent complex includes a church, dedicated to Saint Nicholas, a bell tower and the monks' refectory.
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Description
The Church of St. Nicholas dates from the 14th century and was restored in the 16th century, the 18th century and the beginning of the 20th century. It consists of a single nave and houses icons and frescoes painted in the 17th and 18th centuries1. The other buildings of the monastery, refectory, bell tower and fountain, are of later construction.
The monastery library housed precious manuscripts and books dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. In the middle of the 19th century, the Russian traveler Aleksandr Hilferding, who was also a historian and consul, brought some of them to Russia; they are now kept in the National Library of Saint Petersburg1.
See also
*Tourism in Kosovo
Kosovo is situated in south-eastern Europe. With its central position in the Balkans, it serves as a link in the connection between central and south Europe, the Adriatic Sea, and Black Sea.
Tourism in Kosovo is characterized by archaeological he ...
* List of Serbian Orthodox monasteries
References
External links
Cultural Monuments of Exceptional Importance (Serbia)
Istog
Medieval Serbian sites in Kosovo
14th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings
Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Kosovo
Nemanjić dynasty endowments
{{Cultural Heritage of Exceptional Importance