The Crna Reka Monastery (,
lit. "Black River Monastery") is a 13th-century
Serbian Orthodox
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches.
The majority of the populat ...
monastery located in
Ribariće
Ribariće ( sr-cyr, Рибариће) is a village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages ...
,
Tutin, southwestern Serbia. The monastery is situated at the gorges of
Ibar Kolašin, on the ("Black River"), and includes the
cave-church
A cave monastery is a monastery built in caves, with possible outside facilities. The 3rd-century monk St. Anthony the Great, known as the founder of Christian monasticism, lived in a cave.
*Albania
** Qafthanë Cave Church, cave church near U ...
dedicated to
Archangel Michael
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with 16th-century frescoes and relics of
Saint Peter of Koriša. In the 16th century, Ottoman attacks forced the monks of
Sopoćani
The Sopoćani Monastery (, ), an endowment of King Stefan Uroš I of Serbia, was built from 1259 to 1270, near the source of the Raška River in the region of Ras, the centre of the Serbian medieval state. It is a designated World Heritage Si ...
to flee to the secluded Crna Reka Monastery.
See also
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Hermitage of St. Peter Koriški
References
External links
History of Crna Reka Monastery
13th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings
Christian monasteries established in the 13th century
Cultural Monuments of Great Importance (Serbia)
Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Serbia
Medieval Serbian Orthodox monasteries
13th-century establishments in Serbia
Medieval sites in Serbia
Cave monasteries
Caves of Serbia
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