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The Savina Monastery ( sr, Манастир Савина, Manastir Savina; lit. "Sava's monastery") is a
Savina monastery
Nikanor, nastojatelj Savina monastery ( "Orthodoxy", no. 930, 15 December 2005.)
Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Montenegro Herceg Novi 15th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings Medieval Serbian Orthodox monasteries Medieval Montenegro {{Montenegro-EO-church-stub
The Savina Monastery ( sr, Манастир Савина, Manastir Savina; lit. "Sava's monastery") 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
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone ( hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer whi ...
of three churches near the city Herceg Novi
Herceg Novi ( cyrl, Херцег Нови, ) is a coastal town in Montenegro located at the Western entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. It is the administrative center of the Herceg Novi Municipality with around 33,000 ...
in the Bay of Kotor
The Bay of Kotor ( Montenegrin and Serbian: , Italian: ), also known as the Boka, is a winding bay of the Adriatic Sea in southwestern Montenegro and the region of Montenegro concentrated around the bay. It is also the southernmost part of the hi ...
, located in thick Mediterranean vegetation in one of the most beautiful parts of the Montenegrin Littoral.
Churches
*The small Church of the Assumption is 10m high and 6m wide. Its foundation dates to 1030, although the oldest record of it is from 1648. Its reconstruction began in the late 17th century, with the arrival of refugee monks fromTvrdoš Monastery
The Tvrdoš Monastery ( sr, Манастир Тврдош, Manastir Tvrdoš) is a 15th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery near the city of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 4th-century foundations of the first Roman church ...
in Herzegovina, and it was completed in 1831.
*The Great Temple of the Assumption was built between the 1777 and 1799, and builder was a master Nikola Foretić
Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montene ...
from the island of Korčula
Korčula (, it, Curzola) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea. It has an area of , is long and on average wide, and lies just off the Dalmatian coast. Its 15,522 inhabitants (2011) make it the second most populous Adriatic island after ...
.
*The Church (or Temple) of St. Sava, built by Saint Sava
Saint Sava ( sr, Свети Сава, Sveti Sava, ; Old Church Slavonic: ; gr, Άγιος Σάββας; 1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1236), known as the Enlightener, was a Serbian prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalou ...
, located outside the monastery complex.
Relics
The monastery has a large number of relics originating from the time of theNemanjić dynasty
The House of Nemanjić ( sr-Cyrl, Немањић, Немањићи; Nemanjić, Nemanjići, ) was the most prominent dynasty of Serbia in the Middle Ages. This princely, royal, and later imperial house produced twelve Serbian monarchs, who rul ...
(relics of Empress Jelena, cross
A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a sa ...
of Saint Sava
Saint Sava ( sr, Свети Сава, Sveti Sava, ; Old Church Slavonic: ; gr, Άγιος Σάββας; 1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1236), known as the Enlightener, was a Serbian prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalou ...
), including those transferred from Tvrdoš Monastery
The Tvrdoš Monastery ( sr, Манастир Тврдош, Manastir Tvrdoš) is a 15th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery near the city of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 4th-century foundations of the first Roman church ...
.
The iconostasis of the church was done by Simeon Lazović Simeon Lazović ( sr-Cyrl, Симеон Лазовић; c. 1745 - 1817) was a Montenegrin Serb painter and one of the most famous icon painters of his time in the Balkans.
Biography
Born in Bijelo Polje in Montenegro, the priest Simeon Lazović and ...
and it represents a unique work of Serb Baroque art.
Emir Kusturica's baptism
OnĐurđevdan
George's Day in Spring, or Saint George's Day ( sr, Ђурђевдан, Đurđevdan, ; bg, Гергьовден, Gergovden; mk, Ѓурѓовден, Ǵurǵovden; russian: Егорий Вешний, Yegoriy Veshniy, or russian: Юрьев ден ...
( St. George's Day) in 2005, director Emir Kusturica
Emir Kusturica ( sr-cyrl, Емир Кустурица; born 24 November 1954) is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and musician. He also has French citizenship.http://www.serbia.com/emir-kusturica-artist-builder-and-anti-glo ...
was baptised
Baptism (from grc-x-koine, βάπτισμα, váptisma) is a form of ritual purification—a characteristic of many religions throughout time and geography. In Christianity, it is a Christian sacrament of initiation and adoption, almost inv ...
in the monastery as ''Nemanja Kusturica''.
References
Further reading
* *External links
Savina monastery
Nikanor, nastojatelj Savina monastery ( "Orthodoxy", no. 930, 15 December 2005.)
Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Montenegro Herceg Novi 15th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings Medieval Serbian Orthodox monasteries Medieval Montenegro {{Montenegro-EO-church-stub