The Vrdnik-Ravanica Monastery (), also known as Little Ravanica (Мала Раваница'' / Mala Ravanica''), 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
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of Monasticism, monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in Cenobitic monasticism, communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a ...
in
Vrdnik in the
Fruška Gora
Fruška gora ( sr-Cyrl, Фрушка гора) is a mountain in Syrmia, with most of the mountain being part of Serbia and its westernmost edge extending into eastern Croatia. The Serbian part of the mountain forms the country's oldest National p ...
mountains in the northern
Serbia
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, in the province of
Vojvodina
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. The exact date of its founding is unknown. The records indicate that the church was built at the time of Metropolitan
Serafim Jovanović, in the second half of the 16th century. The present church in the monastery was constructed in the period from 1801 to 1811. The icons on the altar screen and the vaults were painted by
Dimitrije Avramović in 1853.
Vrdnik-Ravanica Monastery was declared
Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990, and it is protected by
Republic of Serbia
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See also
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Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance
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Tourism in Serbia
Tourism in Serbia is officially recognized as a primary area for economic and social growth. The hotel and catering sector accounted for approximately 2.2% of GDP in 2015. Tourism in Serbia employs some 120 000 people, about 4.5% of the countr ...
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Monasteries of Fruška Gora
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List of Serbian Orthodox monasteries
References
External links
Vrdnik monastery- Fruškać
More about the monastery(in Serbian)
Cultural Monuments of Exceptional Importance (Serbia)
Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Serbia
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