Rajinovac is a
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 the south end of
Begaljica
Begaljica ( sr-cyr, Бегаљица ()) is a rural settlement in the Grocka municipality of eastern Belgrade, Serbia. It is one of 15 settlements of Grocka, situated in its centre, with a population of 8,233 according to the 2011 preliminary censu ...
. While its date of founding is not known, it was first mentioned in the year 1528 in the
Ottoman census of the
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...
municipalities, listed as "Monastery of saint Rajko" - Manastir Svetog Rajka.
The first major renovation of the monastery and church was completed by Knez of Begaljica Stevan Andrejević- Knez Palalija in the year 1793. The church is dedicated to the
Nativity of the Mother of God.
References
External links
Манастир Рајиновац - Православље - НОВИНЕ СРПСКЕ ПАТРИЈАРШИЈЕ
Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Belgrade
16th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings
Grocka
Cultural Monuments of Great Importance (Serbia)
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