Jašunja () is a
village
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in the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
of
Leskovac
Leskovac ( sr-Cyrl, Лесковац, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Jablanica District in Southern Serbia (Geographical Region), southern Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the city itself has a p ...
,
Serbia
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. According to the 2002 census, the village had a population of 514 people.
[Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ]
Culture
Monastery of John the Baptist, Leskovac
Monastery of John the Baptist is the oldest surviving monastery on the slopes of
Babička Gora
Babička Gora (Бабичка Гора) is a mountain in southern Serbia, near the city of Leskovac
Leskovac ( sr-Cyrl, Лесковац, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Jablanica District in Southe ...
. It was built in 1517 on the foundations of the older church, which was three centuries old. Monastery is an endowment of Andronicus Kantakouzenos and his brothers. The little church within the complex had frescoes both in the interior and exterior, preserved iconography and partial relics of an unknown saint. Above the entrance is the fresco of Saint John the Baptist. After the
October Revolution
The October Revolution, also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution (in Historiography in the Soviet Union, Soviet historiography), October coup, Bolshevik coup, or Bolshevik revolution, was the second of Russian Revolution, two r ...
, a group of Russian monks settled in the monastery when the spiritual and physical renewal of the monastery began. After the
World War II
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, the new Communist state nationalized majority of the monastery land. The last Russian monk, Joasaf, died in 1956 and after him the monastery became abandoned.
Partial conservation works were conducted in 1986 and 1987. In May 1986 the state placed it under protection. By 2007 the
konak was almost completely deteriorated while the church was dilapidated. Since then, the new konak was built with two dining rooms, a hall, kitchen and a monastic cell. A completely new
bell tower
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was built, so as a summer house, gate and a wall, which encircled the churchyard. In October 2017, through several festivities, 500 years of the monastery was celebrated.
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Monastery of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God
* Monastery of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God, Leskovac
References
Populated places in Jablanica District
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