The Beočin Monastery () is a

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, located just outside

Beočin Beočin ( sr-Cyrl, Беочин, ; ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The population of the town is 7,274, whilst Beočin's municipality population is 13,875 (2022 ce ...

, on

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mountain in the northern

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n province of

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. The date of its founding is unknown. It was first mentioned in

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records dated in 1566/1567. The monastery suffered heavy damages and was abandoned during the Austro-Turkish Wars (1593–1791), but the monks of Rača (western Serbia) arrived and reconstructed the holy place. The construction works on the extant church lasted from 1732 until 1740, and the bell-tower was completed in 1762. A general reconstruction was undertaken in 1893. The icons were painted by Janko Halkozović, Dimitrije Bačević and Teodor Kračun. Beočin Monastery was declared a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990 and it is protected by

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Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Serbia 16th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings Christian monasteries established in the 16th century Religious organizations established in the 1560s Cultural Monuments of Exceptional Importance (Serbia) Beočin {{Vojvodina-geo-stub

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