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Eparchy Of Mileševa
Eparchy of Mileševa is the one of eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and is seated in Prijepolje, in the Mileševa monastery. History The establishment of the Eparchy Eparchy is based in the valley Lim (river) and laid on the foundation of the Mileševa monastery, established in the first half of the 13th century. Eparchy has often changed the name, but he always had a seat in the Mileševa monastery. On the Establishment Mileševo Metropolia very little is known. In a service Saint Sava it is called "Glorious Archbishopric". One Metropolitan Bishop of Mileseva, whose name is unknown, crowned ban Tvrtko I of Bosnia as Serbian king and Bosnian King in 1377. The first Metropolitan Bishop of Mileseva whose name is known to us, is David. He was a "close associate to HercegStjepan Vukčić Kosača and his sons. " When Herceg Stjepan Vukčić Kosača drawing up a will, Metropolitan Bishop of Mileseva David, wrote and was a witness during the signing of the same. After th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mileševa Monastery
The Mileševa Monastery ( sr-cyr, Манастир Милешева, Manastir Mileševa, or ) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located near Prijepolje, in southwest Serbia. It was founded by King Stefan Vladislav I, in the years between 1234 and 1236. The church has frescoes by the most skillful artists of that time, including one of the most famous in Serbian culture, the "White Angel", which depicts an angel at Christ's tomb. Mileševa is considered to contain one of the most beautiful works of European arts from Middle ages. History The Mileševa monastery was founded between 1234 and 1236 by Serbian King Vladislav. The monastery is situated in a valley of the Mileševa River, near Prijepolje. Mileševa is one of the most important Serbian sanctuaries and spiritual centers. In 1236, Vladislav moved the relics of his uncle Saint Sava from Trnovo in Bulgaria, where he died, to Mileševa. Some historians believe that the coronation of Tvrtko I as King of the Serbs and Bosni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ranked below princess nobility and grand dukes. The title comes from French ''duc'', itself from the Latin ''dux'', 'leader', a term used in republican Rome to refer to a military commander without an official rank (particularly one of Germanic or Celtic origin), and later coming to mean the leading military commander of a province. In most countries, the word ''duchess'' is the female equivalent. Following the reforms of the emperor Diocletian (which separated the civilian and military administrations of the Roman provinces), a ''dux'' became the military commander in each province. The title ''dux'', Hellenised to ''doux'', survived in the Eastern Roman Empire where it continued in several contexts, signifying a rank equivalent to a captai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monastery Of The Holy Trinity Of Pljevlja
The Holy Trinity Monastery of Pljevlja ( sr, Манастир Света Тројица Пљеваљска, Manastir Sveta Trojica Pljevaljska) is a medieval Serbian Orthodox monastery complex (lavra) in Pljevlja, Montenegro. It is located about 37 miles north of Durmitor, and 24 miles from Đurđevića Tara Bridge. History It is not known exactly when the monastery was founded. Today's see of the Eparchy of Mileševa was established before the 1465 Ottoman conquest of the city. Since the Ottoman law forbade the building of new churches, but permitted the rebuilding of those which had existed at the time of Mehmed the Conqueror, it is certain that a church had existed on the site of the present monastic church, before the Ottoman conquest and probably made of wood. The first reference to Holy Trinity Monastery in Pljevlja dates from 1573, when Sava, a monk from the monastery, copied a manuscript. At that time the monastery was managed by abbot Visarion, who took great pains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mažić Monastery
Mažić or Orahović monastery () is a Serbian Orthodox medieval monastery located near village Mažići, 14 km southeast of Priboj and belongs to Diocese of Mileševo. Today, the Mažići Monastery is under the protection of Republic of Serbia, as cultural monument of great importance,„''Мажићи, остаци манастира'' — Споменици културе у Србији” '' САНУ'' (на језику: српски). (из књиге Пејић, Светлана; Милић, Милета, ур. (1998). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monastery Janja
The Janja Monastery ( sr, Манастир Јања, Manastir Janja) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Nova Varoš in southwestern Serbia. The monastery belongs to the Eparchy of Mileševa and is dedicated to the Righteous parents of the Holy Mother of God, Joachim and Anne. It is assumed it was built in the 15th century, and it was destroyed at the end of 17th century. in 1993, archaeological excavations of the site began, while in 2008 the restoration of the monastery began, finally being finished on July 22, 2012. Geography It is located in the village of Rutoši in the Nova Varoš municipality, and is bordered to the villages Seništa and Radoinja. It is situated on the left bank of the river Uvac, in the historical region of Raška. Early history Little is known of the history of the monastery. Based on the architecture and furnishing of the church, it is assumed that it was first built in the mid- or late 15th century, and it was then destroyed at the end of 17t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monastery Dubnica
The Dubnica Monastery ( sr-cyrl, Манастир Дубница, Manastir Dubnica) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Božetići, in southwestern Serbia. It is ecclesiastically part of the Eparchy of Mileševa. It was built in the mid-17th century by Serbian Patriarch Gavrilo I (1648–1655). Geography The monastery is located in the village of Božetići, between Zlatar and Javor mountains, next to the Nova Varoš- Ivanjica road. History It was built in the mid-17th century by Serbian Patriarch Gavrilo I (1648–1655), who hailed from the village of Štitkovo. It was later destroyed by the Ottomans. Restoration After research and conservation work undertaken by experts from the Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments of Kraljevo, restoration of the monastery began in September 2003, with help of the Eparchy of Mileševa, the Municipal Assembly Nova Varoš, villagers and donor headed by Mićo Zorić, chairman of the building committee for the restoration. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Het Klooster Van De Heilige Drie-eenheid - Pljevlja
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Georgije Đokić
Georgije Đokić (Serbian Cyrillic: Георгије Ђокић; born May 6, 1949) is a retired 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 ... bishop who served as the head of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada from 1984 until May 20, 2015. Biography He was born on May 6 (Saint George's Day in the Serbian Orthodox Church) as Đorđe Đokić in the village of Crnjelovo Gornje near Bijeljina to father Hadži-Krsta and mother Krunija (née Arsenović) who gave their children to the church. The bishop's brother is also a retired bishop having served as the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Düsseldorf and all of Germany, Bishop of Central Europe from 1991 to 2013, his other brother Ljubomir is a priest in Vršani near Bijeljina, and his sister Nadežda is a nun in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potarje, Montenegro
Potarje ( Montenegrin and sr-cyr, Потарје) is a region in northern Montenegro. It includes the Tara River valleys and the Tara River Canyon. Geography *Mojkovac municipality *Crna Poda forest History Middle Ages Several settlements in the region were mentioned in the Ston charter (1253) of Stefan Uroš I, the King of Serbia, and in the later Lim charter. One of these was Brskovo, an important town in medieval Serbia. Modern In the time of the Cretan War (1645–69), Potarje and the neighbouring territories were in revolt against the Ottoman Empire. The Dobrilovina Monastery became the "centre of the spiritual and political life and aspirations for freedom in the wide area of Potarje", after 1866, when ''archimandrite'' Mihailo Dožić-Medenica (1848-1914) was sent as an administrator. Dožić also having established a school that was operated secretly in the monastery, the first school in the valley of Tara — this was a very significant step towards national awakeni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polimlje
The Lim (Serbian Cyrillic: Лим, ) is a river that flows through Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and is long.Statistical Yearbook of Montenegro 2017, Geography Statistical Office of Montenegro It is also the right and the longest tributary of the . Montenegro and Serbia 
The Lim rises below Maglić peak in the Kuči area of eastern Montenegro, very ...
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Raška (region)
Raška ( sr, Рашка; la, Rascia) is a geographical and historical region, covering the south-western parts of modern Serbia, and historically also including north-eastern parts of modern Montenegro, and some of the most eastern parts of modern Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the Middle Ages, the region was a center of the Serbian Principality and of the Serbian Kingdom, one central settlement of which was the city of Ras (a World Heritage Site) in the late 12th century. Its southern part corresponds to the region of Sandžak. Name The name is derived from the name of the region's most important fort of Ras, which first appears in the 6th century sources as ''Arsa'', recorded under that name in the work ''De aedificiis'' of Byzantine historian Procopius. By the 10th century, the variant ''Ras'' became common name for the fort, as attested by the work ''De Administrando Imperio'', written by Constantine Porphyrogenitus, and also by the Byzantine seal of John, governor of Ras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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