Ljubostinja

Orthodox Monastery
Ljubostinja monastery
Манастир Љубостиња
The outer facade of Ljubostinja church
Monastery information
Full nameМанастир - Љубостиња
OrderSerbian Orthodox
Established1388
Dedicated toHoly Virgin
People
Founder(s)Milica of Serbia
Site
LocationTrstenik, Serbia
Visible remainsPrincess Milica of Serbia
Jefimija
Public accessYes

The Ljubostinja Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Љубостиња / Manastir Ljubostinja, pronounced [ʎubǒːstiɲa]) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery near Trstenik, Serbia. Located in the small mountain valley of the Ljubostinja river, the monastery is dedicated to the Holy Virgin.

History

Princess Milica of Serbia, founder of monastery

The monastery was built from 1388 to 1405.[1] In Ljubostinja were buried Princess Milica, Lazar Hrebeljanović's wife and Nun Jefimija, which after the Battle of Kosovo became a nun along with a number of other widows of Serbian noblemen, who lost their lives in the battles on the river Maritsa and Kosovo Polje. Today, Ljubostinja is a female monastery, which preserves and maintains about fifty nuns. During the rebellion of Kočine, the people were invited on rebellion from the Ljubostinje monastery. After the collapse of rebellion, Turks burned the monastery to revenge the Serbs, and most of the frescoes were destroyed. Also, when the monastery was set on fire, a secret treasure was discovered hidden in the monastery wall behind icons in which the Princess Milica hid their treasure. Among the stolen treasure was located Crown of Prince Lazar, which is now in Istanbul.

Architecture and painting

Entrance of the Ljubostinja monastery

Monastery Ljubostinja has one dome and narthex. It was built with trimmed stones, while the facade was re-plastered and painted to imitate masonry of stone and bricks. The monastery was built in the Morava Style. The builder is master Rade Borović, whose name is on the threshold of the passage from the narthex to nave. Paintings are only partially preserved, and it was built on two occasions. In the narthex are portraits of Prince Lazar and Princess Milica made by Hieromonk Makarije. From the painting works are still preserved: "Great Holidays," "Passion," "Miracles" ... The church also has a very valuable iconostasis, which was painted by Nikola Marković in 1822.

Ljubostinja was declared a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1979, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ljubostinja.

External links

  • Serbian unity congress

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Manastir Ljubostinja" [Ljubostinja Monastery]. Zadužbine Nemanjića (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 2022-08-26. Retrieved 2022-09-20.

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