The Nova Pavlica Monastery ( sr, Манастир Нова Павлица, Manastir Nova Pavlica) is a 14th-century

Serbian Orthodox The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches. The majority of the population in ...

monastery located in Pavlica, Raška, in southwestern

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. It belongs to the

Eparchy of Žiča Eparchy of Žiča is one of the eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Republic of Serbia. It is seated in Kraljevo, in the Monastery of Žiča. Since 2014, diocesan bishop is Justin Stefanović. History The Eparchy of Žiča is na ...

. The monastery is located near

Stara Pavlica The Stara Pavlica Monastery ( sr, Манастир Стара Павлица, Manastir Stara Pavlica) is a medieval Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Pavlica, Raška, in south Serbia on a rocky plateau above the Ibar River, six kilometres n ...

, near river Ibar and near old town of Brvenik.

Establishing

The monastery was founded by Stefan and Lazar Musić, members of Serbian noble Musić family. Their father was

čelnik ''Čelnik'' ( sr-cyr, челник) was a high court title in the Kingdom of Serbia, Serbian Empire and Serbian Despotate. In its early form, the holder was entrusted with the security of property belonging to the Orthodox Church from the aristoc ...

Musa and mother was Dragana Hrebeljanović, sister of

Prince Lazar Lazar Hrebeljanović ( sr-cyr, Лазар Хребељановић; ca. 1329 – 15 June 1389) was a medieval List of Serbian monarchs, Serbian ruler who created the largest and most powerful state on the territory of the disintegrated Serbia ...

. The icons in church were painted in 1387. The monastery is dedicated to the

Presentation of Mary The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known in the East as The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple, is a liturgical feast celebrated on November 21 by the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and some Anglo-Catholic Churches. The feast ...

. The monastery belongs to the

Morava architectural school Morava architectural school ( sr, Моравска школа архитeктуре/Moravska škola arhitekture), also known as the Morava style (Моравски стил/Moravski stil), or simply as the Morava school (Моравска школа/M ...

. The building of Monastery was completed before the

Battle of Kosovo The Battle of Kosovo ( tr, Kosova Savaşı; sr, Косовска битка) took place on 15 June 1389 between an army led by the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović and an invading army of the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan ...

, between 1381 and 1388. When relics of

were transferred to the

Ravanica Monastery The Ravanica Monastery ( sr, / ) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on Kučaj mountains near Senje, a village in Ćuprija municipality in Central Serbia. It was built in 1375–1377 as an endowment of prince Lazar of Serbia, who is buried ...

in 1390, they remained during one night in the Nova Pavlica Monastery.

Reconstructions and early mentions

The church of the monastery was reconstructed and expanded in 1464 by

Michael Angelović }) was a Serbian magnate, initially serving the Serbian Despotate with the titles of '' veliki čelnik'' and ''veliki vojvoda'', and briefly part of the Serbian three-member regency in 1458. He plotted with the Ottomans but was apprehended and after ...

. The Ottoman defter of Brvenik kadilik probably mentions this monastery when it described it as New Church. In 1955 the façade of the church was repaired.

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