The Stanjevići Monastery () is located north of the town of

Budva Budva (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Будва, or ) is a town in the Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro. It had 27,445 inhabitants as of 2023, and is the centre of Budva Municipality. The coastal area around Budva, called the Budv ...

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. Founded by Nikola Stanjević, the monastery is remembered as the

Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro The Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro () was a Serbian Orthodox ecclesiastical principality that existed from 1516 until 1852. The principality was located around modern-day Montenegro. It emerged from the Eparchy of Cetinje, later known as the M ...

and the place where the ''praviteljstvo suda'' (judicial administration) and ''zakonik'' (legal code) for Montenegro and the Brda was promulgated and enacted in 1798 by 50 members of the council and Vladika

Petar I Petrović-Njegoš Petar I Petrović-Njegoš (; 1748 – 31 October 1830) was the Prince-Bishop of Montenegro from 1784 to 1830 and Exarch (legate) of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro. He was the most popular spiritual and military leader from the Petro ...

. It is also considered the cultural centre of the Paštrovići.

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Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Montenegro Budva {{Montenegro-EO-church-stub

See also

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