Bogovađa Monastery ( sr-cyr, Манастир Боговађа) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in
Bogovađa
Bogovađa is a village situated in Lajkovac municipality, Kolubara District in Serbia
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near
Lajkovac
Lajkovac ( sr-cyr, Лајковац) is a town and municipality located in the Kolubara District of western Serbia. As of 2011, it has population of 3,249 inhabitants, while the municipality has 15,475 inhabitants.
It is located in the valley of ...
in central
Serbia
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. The monastery has been a bastion of learning since its inception. It had been renovated several times in history, the original monastery dating back to the 15th century, founded by Serbian Despot
Stefan Lazarević (r. 1402–1427).
Hieromonk Mardarije
Hieromonk Mardarije ( sr-cyr, Јеромонах Мардарије; 1552–66) was a Serbian Orthodox hieromonk and one of the most important early Serb printers. Mardarije was the first Belgrade printer and last great printer of srbulje books. ...
erected a new monastery, dedicated to St. George, at the location of the ruins, in 1545. It was destroyed in the 18th century, then reconstructed by clergymen
Hadži-Ruvim
Hadži-Ruvim ( sr-cyr, Хаџи-Рувим; 19 April 1752 – 29 January 1804), born Rafailo Nenadović ( sr-Cyrl, Рафаило Ненадовић), was a Serbian Orthodox ''archimandrite'' (superior abbot) of the Bogovađa Monastery, near Laj ...
, Vasilije Petrović and
Hadži-Ðera between 1791 and 1795. It was renovated in 1806 by Avakum, and Prince
Miloš Obrenović
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* Miloš Budaković, Serbian ...
in 1816. The present church facade dates to 1852, while the iconostasis was finished by 1858 by Milija Marković and his sons from
Požarevac
Požarevac ( sr-cyr, Пожаревац, ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Braničevo District in eastern Serbia. It is located between three rivers: Danube, Great Morava and Mlava and below the hill Čačalica (208m). As of 2011 ...
. Hieromonk Mardarije and prince
Grgur Branković
Grgur Branković (1415 – 16 October 1459) was a 15th-century Serbian nobleman. Grgur was the eldest son of Serbian Despot Đurađ Branković and Eirene Kantakouzene. In 1439, after the Ottomans captured Smederevo, the capital of the Serbi ...
were buried in the monastery. The churchyard includes tombs of soldiers over two centuries, and a fountain built in 1796. The locals called the fountain ''Bogova voda'' ("God's water"), hence the name of the monastery.
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16th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings
18th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings
Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Serbia
Kolubara District
Burial sites of the Branković dynasty
Cultural Monuments of Great Importance (Serbia)
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