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Pustinja Monastery in the Jablanica gorge, not far from the village Pouta near Valjevo, is thought to date from 13th to 14th century. King Dragutin is assumed to have founded it as a church for miners. A Turkish tax register from 1572 says that one monk was living in the monastery. Above the western door inside the church is an inscription that says its construction started in the month of March and was finished on June 25th 1622. This church, dedicated to the Presentation of the Virgin, was built by hieromonk Joakim, and was damaged during the Turkish armys march on Vienna. It was renovated in 1759 through the efforts of prior Mihailo Romevi. The monastery was damaged again in 1787 and 1788 during the Koas Krajina uprising. Pasha Buatlija of Scutari devastated Pustinja, and it was often under attack during Black Georges uprising. Joakim Vuji visited the monastery in 1826 and wrote that after having been set on fire by Buatlija, it remained in ruins and deserted for 40 years. It was renovated by the endowment of Georgije Mladenovi, who gave seven bags of groschen for its restoration. During the first World War Austrian soldiers used the monastery narthex as a stable for their horses, and when they retreated they took two large bells with them. The church is a single nave structure with an altar apse on the eastern side and choirs on the northern and southern sides. An octagonal dome rises above the central part of the church. The church is built of broken stone and travertine in the spirit of the Raka school of architecture. The church is roofed with tiles and the dome has shingles. A rectangular narthex with a tall bell tower was added in 1848. The Pustinja Monastery church was painted with frescoes in 1622 by zographs Jovan and Nikola. They completed their modest work with its great contrasts and powerful coloring in 123 days. Hieromonk Joakim - Joaniije Vitojevi is shown as the founder of the church, presenting it to the Virgin as a gift. The iconostasis is made of masonry: the altar side is covered with frescoes and on the church side only

Pustinja Monastery
the Apostles Peter and Paul are depicted. There are 19th century icons on the iconostasis. Pustinja was renovated as a monastery for men in 1951. A new monastery residence was completed and dedicated in 1975 and the church was renovated the same year. Pustinja is now a convent. Pustinja is the only post-byzantium church in northwestern Serbia which has preserved the complete frescoes in the original architecture, making it one of the most significant churches of that period. By the grace of God, this monastery has been visited by great spiritual leaders of our time. Significance and beauty of this holy place, as well as activity and hospitality of the nuns, earned this monastery great reputation near and far, so it is visited by numerous pilgrims from all parts of our country, and from abroad.


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Gracanica Monastery
The church in Gracanica, temple of Archangel Michael, is in the village of Tubravic, in a widening of the canyon of river Susica. It is first mentioned as a monastery in turkish census from 1560. The nearby attest that the church is from the XV century. Archaeological research has been performed only in the church yard, where many graves and remnants of dormitory from XV and XVIII centuries were found. The present church was built after the second Serbian uprising in 1815. It was built based on wooden churches. It was built of broken stone and originally church was covered with high wooden roof tile. Temple is total size 18x6,5 meters, with strong expressed and deep altar semicircle apsid. The other two side parts of three - leafs, north and south chorus areas are expressed in mild arcs. West side of the church is septagonal. In that part of church, wooden gallery was built which can be accessed by staircase from the interior. The third, youngest phase of construction is represented by a dome from 1930, in neobyzantine stile, in a combination of siga and mud bricks, as decorative elements. To that phase belongs wreath of church which has been made in a same stile, which in cludes change of roof construction. In oltar part of the the church are preserved traces from older frescoes in two layers, which shows that church was building from the Middle Ages. Saint Bishop Nikolaj used to say about monastery that place is a Gods gift for prayer and thinking and that the monastery is one among the most sacred monasteries in the north-west Serbia. His words are still repeted among people, that this monastery jet waiting great temptation. Valjevos Gracanica will be torn down, submerged or relocated on ther place, due to building of the dam and lake on Jablanica river. Works on this accumulation started in 1990s, but they where interuped becouse of wars and money shortage. There is an initiative to proclaim Valjevos Gracanica for cultural treasure and to be protected by state. The Government accepted that and in 1997 decided that this church with cementary proclaim for monument of special cultural and historical significance. Building hidroacumulation is almost finished and guestion of future of the church is acctualized again, regardless of its procection by the state.

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Jovanja Monastery
Birth of St. John the Baptist The church of the Monastery of Jovanje near Valjevo was probably built at the end of the 15 century or beginning of the 16. It is recorded as the Monastery of St. John near Zlatari in two Turkish tax registers, one from 1572. and one during the reign of Murad III. The narthex was added at the beginning of the 18. century (1706) when the entire monastery was renovated, thanks to the efforts and endowment of the brothers Vitanovi, Jovan and Jefta. In the first half of the 18. century there was a theological school in Jovanje Monastery. In 1735. the prior of this monastery, Filotej, was a delegate to the churchpeople s Assembly in Sremski Karlovci. The monastery was bumed by the Turks in 1788. When Joakim Vuji visited it at the beginning of the 19. century it had already been tumed into a parish church. The monastery church is a single nave structure with a rectangular base and a dome resting on buttresses supported by pilasters on the northem and southem sides, and semicircular vaults on the eastem and westem sides. The apse is semicircular and vaulted. Two narthexes were added later. The older frescoes (from the 17. century) of the Church of St. John were renovated several times. The composition of the Crucifixon of Christ on the northem wall can be singled out for its monumental characteristics. The depiction of the Annunciation is located on the eastem arch of the area under the dome, and the considerably damaged Baptism of Christ is on the southem wall.



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elije Monastery

Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel

elije Monastery is located on the left bank od the Gradac in the Leli village district near Valjevo. According to folk tradition, it is the endowment of King Dragutin (1276-1282). Another tradition says that the monastery was built at the end of the 14 century or beginning of the 15 when Stefan Lazarevi was despot. The Turkish tax register from 1560. mentions the monastery of Bogopolje (or Bomolje) near the village of Leli in the Valjevo district. This monastery is considered to be elije. The elije spiritual advisor and scribe Ruvim is mentioned in 1720. and in 1733. elije prior Danilo Vukainovi took part in negotiations among Serbian leaders in Belgrade. In 1774. Rafailo Nekovi, better known as Haji Ruvim, was ordained a priest in elije and later became the priest of Bobulovci. In 1783/84 there were five monks residing in the monaestery. The monks of this monastery played a great role in inciting the people to rebel against the Turks. For this reason, at the beginning of 1791. notorious pasha Butalija set elije on fire along withe 13 churches in the Valjevo region. The monastery was renovated in 1793. When Simeon was prior the elije monks took the monastery s valuables and went to Srem and found temporary residence in Grgeteg Monastery. elije monastery became Black Georg s millitary hospital in the First Serbian Uprising (1804-1813)I. The Turks set the monastery on fire again in 1810. but it was renovated the very next year along withe the addition of a new dome and narthex. After the First Serbian Uprising the elije monks fled to Srem again, but soon retumed. When Dionisije was prior (1816). Jeremija Mihailovi from Valjevo made the konostasis. elije became a parish church for the local area from 1837. to 1928. During the 19 century one of the first elementary schools in liberated Serbija was opened in the monastery. A monastery residence was buit in 1963. with a chapel dedicated to St. John Crysostom. A large refectory was built in 1978. and a second floor was added to the 1963. residence in 1983.

The elije Monastery church is a single nave structure with an unusual dome. Instead of the usual pilasters, the dome rests on thick walis and gradually rising arches, and the transition from the square base to the nine-sided drum is executed using squinches. The masonry iconostasis has a structural function and takes part of the weight of the dome. A beli tower buit in 1926. is located on the northem side of the church. The iconostasis painted in 17981800. by Petar Nikolajevi Moler, an artist and voivode during the Serbian uprisings, was destroyed in 1810. A new iconostasis was painted by Petar s nephew, Jedremija Mihailovi. To the left of the church, towards the altar, lies the grave of Ilija Biranin, obor knez under Medvednik, who was beheaded by the Turkish dahis (tyrants) on the Kolubara bridge in Valjevo in 1804. On the southem side of the altar is the tomb of Ave Justin who died in 1979. An kon painting school for the nuns of this monastery has been active since 1966. and publishing activities have alco been developed. elije is a convent.

The Holy Council of Serbian Ortodox Church,confirmed the already recognited sainthood of Venerable Father Justin and conciliar added to Dyptich of Saints.

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la da }e jeromonah Nikolaj besediti iza Bo`i}a, na Svetog Stefana,u Sabornoj crkvi jo{ zarana te{ko je bilo na}i mesta.Elita Beograda, akademici, profesori univerziteta, generali, ~ak i kraq, do{li su da ~uju besedu. Beseda je trajala jedan sat. Mo}nim bariton basom bez predaha, skamewen kao statua, jeromonah je govorio, a slu{aoci me|u wima i racionalisti i ateisti, bili su podjednako o~arani. Boqe re}i ushi}eni. Veliki besednik je ro|en.

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hinja koji pune srpske manastire. Pod wegovim blagotvornim uticajem po~iwe u srpskom narodu veliko duhovno bu|ewe a u crkvenom `ivotu ogromno pregala{tvo. - 1920. , .

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Ohrid, sa svojim drevnim svetiwama na obalama Ohridskog jezera, susedna pravo-

slavna Gr~ka i Sveta Gora, izvr{ili ogroman uticaj na Nikolaja. On se sav okrenuo Svetim ocima i pravoslavnoj vizantijskoj klasici i duhovnosti. Uvideo je da su Sveti oci, sve one duhovne probleme koji su wega mu~ili i kojima je on tra`io odgonetku na zapadnim univerzitetima, re{ili pre mnogo vekova. U ovom ohridskom periodu nastaju wegova sjajna dela: Re~i o Sve~oveku, Molitve na jezeru, Omilije i Ohridski prolog ta ~udesna i jedinstvena kwiga u celom pravoslavnom i hri{}anskom svetu.

ostoji predawe da je vladika Nikolaj poznavao

oca Siluana i da je razgovarao sa wim prilikom posete Svetoj Gori dok je bio vladika Ohridski.

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en na tron @i~ke eparhije. Odmah se dao na obnavqawe manastira @i~e i ona je ubrzo zablistala starim Nemawi}skim sjajem. Obnovio je i mnoge druge manastire, naro~ito venac manastira u Ov~arsko-kablarskoj klisuri, koja je nazvana Srpska Sveta Gora.

dramati~nim martovskim doga|ajima 1941. godine vladika Nikolaj je uz patrijarha Gavrila

- Nikolaj je 1934. godine vra}en na tron @i~ke Svetosavske eparhije, - 26. i 27. marta 1941. odigrao je zna~ajnu ulogu u ru{ewu sramnog pakta,

imao svoj udeo u ru{ewu antinarodnog pakta vlade Cvetkovi}-Ma~ek. Nemci mu to nikad nisu mogli zaboraviti i oprostiti.

- Rat ga je zatekao u @i~i, gde su ga Nemci, na Petrovdan 12. jula 1941. uhapsili i konfinirali u manastir Qubostiwu. - 3. decembra 1942. godine Nemci su ga prebacili u manastir Vojilovicu kod Pan~eva, - 15. septembra 1944. sproveden je u koncentracioni logor u Dahau u Nema~koj.

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Lelic Monastery
St. Nicholas Leli monastery is located in the village of the same name near Valjevo. It is the endowment of Bishop Nikolaj and his father Dragomir Velimirovi. It was dedicated on the Transfiguration (avgust 6) in 1929. and first served as a parich church. The church is a modest structure in which the Morava style is permeated with new architectural solutions. It has a crcifrom base with a dome over the central part of the church. The builders were from Veve, a vilage near Struga in Macedonia. It is built of stone, brick and travertine. In front of the church is a large bell tower with the church residence. The frescoes are the work of Krsta and Rafailo Nikoli, zographs from Macedonia, based on the ideas of Bishop Nikolaj. This painting is unusual in content and contains the theological interpretations of Bishop Nikolaj. The scene of the Last judgement dominates the interwoven biblical events. The iconostasis dates from the same time as the church. The frescoes and iconostasis were restored in 1988-89. On may 12. 1992, the earhly remains of Bishop Nikolaj were brought from the Monastery of St. Sava iz Liberytville, Illinois (USA) to the Leli church. aba bishop Jovan (Velimirovi), the nephew of Bishop Nikolaj, is also buried in the church. The churchyard has a chapel, the endowment of Bishop Nikolaj as well. In 1991. a museum was opened within the monastery complex dedicated to the memory of Bishop Nikolaj, one of the greatest minds among the bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Churc.

In May 2003. Gods pleaser Nikolaj, the New Hrysostom and confessor of Christ, he was added into Dyphtihs of the Saints of the Ortodox Church.


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Dokmir Monastery
Presentation of the Virgin According to folk tradition, this monastery located in place of the same name in Tamnava was founded by Doka, one of four devout sisters, the other three, Petka, Marka and Stepana also founded monasteries. Some of the architectural features of Dokmir Monastery place it at the end of the 14. cenury of beginning of the 15. The church was renovated in 1734. and was damaged the same year by an earthquake. The next year it was renovated agin and given a tile roof. Dokmir Monastery had an eight-year elementary school until 1788. when it was set on fire by Mahmud-pacha Buatlija. The entire monastery burned in the fire, but was renovated soon afterwards. After the First Serbian Uprising the monastery was damaged again. It was renovated in 1828. at the time of Prior Joasaf. One of the last dates when it is mentioned as a monastery is april 1837. From then until 1992. Dokmir was a parish church. In mid 1992. after the destruction of itomisli Monastery in Hercegovina by the Croats, the nuns from that monastery moved to Dokmir with their spiritual father, Jovan, an. Renovated the old monastery. Zahum Herzegovina metropolitan Vladislav died in the monastery and was buried there in 1992. A new church building was from 1973-1976. The Dokmir Monastery church is a single nave structure with a circular dome over the central part. Inside the church are kons from the end of the 18. century. Next to the southem facade of the church is a steak showing the image of a warrior. Dokmir is a convent.

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Bogovaa Monastery
St. George The Monastery of Bogovaa is located near Mionica not far from Vaqevo. Tradicion says that after blind Grgur Brankovi took his monastic vows in Constantinople and received the new name of Geran, he founded this monastery and lived there until his death on october 16. 1548. The Dabin Gospel that is preserved in Bogovaa contains an inscription by Haji Ruvin which says that he came to the ruins of the Monastery of Bogovaa with his brother hieromonk Mardarije from the Monastery of the Holy Trinity near Pqevqe, originally from Vrane, and built a church in honor of St. George. The founders of the church in 1545. were Pavle and Jovan Velimirovi, landowners from Jabuje. During the first half of the 18. century there was a school in the monastery. In 1761. the monastery was looted and on avgust 14. 1789. Bogovaa was burned by the Turks. The Bogovaa monks moved to the Monastery of Velika Remeta (Srem) and did not return to their monastery until the Treaty of Sistova. Haji-Ruvin started construction of a new church in 1791. which was completed in 1794. The church was consecrated in 1795. by Valjevo metropolitan Danilo at which time Haji-Ruvim was appoined archimandrite, and hieromonk Vasilije Petrovi became prior. The brotherhood of Bogovaa Monastery was joined by hieromonk Serafion from Chilandar in 1797. who brought three icons and a number of liturgical books with him. Haji-Ruvim buit a fountain next to the monastery that is believed to have holy water God s water, thus the opinion that this is where Bogovaa received its name. In 1805. the Governing Council was moved here from Voljavaca Monastery. In 1813. the Turks destroyed the monastery again. The monastery was considerably damaged during the First World War (1914) at which time HajiRuvim s library was destroyed and the monastery bell was removed. The church was renovated in 1930. Constrruction of the churc and restoration of the residences lasted from june 10. to december 10. 1816. The main builder was Milutin Goevac from Osat in Bosnia and Prince Milo personally supervised the work. In 1852. a new, larger church was finished that still exists today. Todor Todorovi was the architect. The church of Bogovaa Monastery is a single nave structure with a short transept in front of the altar and a tall Baroque bell tower on the western side. The iconostasis was painted in 1858. by Milija Markovi, a painter from Poarevac, with his sons Radovan and Nikola. The monstery church was painted with frescoes in 1901. Bogovaa is a convent.

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Grabovac Monastery
Translation of tthe Relics of St. Nicholas According to folk tradition, the Monastery of Grabovac in the village of the same name near Obrenovac was built by King Milutin at the end of the 13. century. It was destroyed and burned and then renovated several times during its centuries of existence. The 1572. Turkish tax register mentions that two monks were living in Grabovac Monastery. At the end of the 16. century a Menaion was copied in this monastery and in 1626. a liturgical bookwritten in Karyes (Mount Athos) was given to Grabovac. In the 18. century the following monks are mentioned in Grabovac: Hieromonk Visarion (1727), Priest Arsenije (1730), an Archimandrite Sofronije (1755). During the time of Karaore s uprising the Turks set fire to the monastery. It was renovated in 1824. at which time a school was opened there. Construction of a new residence started in 1858. and was completed one year later. In 1865. the monastery was turned into a parish church and was only renovated as a monastery in 1935. A new church was built on the old foundation in 1894. The Grabovac Monastery church is a single nave structure with a three-sided apse and large dome above the central part of the naos. There is a small narthex on the western side. The facade is decorated with alternating horisontal bands of ocher and red stone. The iconostasis is the work of an unknown painter from the end of the 19. century. New frescoes were painted in 1990. The extermal walls of the Grabovac church have tombstones: Hieromonk Jeremija Petrovi, Captain Ilija Filimonovi, Vojvode Karamark Vasi, Tanasije Brankovi and others. The church contains a marble plaque dedicated to those who gathered in Grabovac Monasttery in 1806. before they set off to liberate Belgrade. The words chiseled into the plaque are: Mother, feed your son, then send him to the army. Serbia cannot die. Next to the monastery is a spring of curative water and the monastery is also called Vidan (heal-ing) for this reason. The monastery was renovated in 1973. Grabovac is a convent monastery.

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THE DIOCESE OF VALJEVO

Territorially, the Diocese of Valjevo is located between the Drina and Sava Rivers where during the first centuries of Christianity the Gospel was preached from the ancient cities at Sirmium and Singidunum. The oldest known monastery and church nearby Valjevo is a church within the Brangovic fortress located above the Gradac River Gorge. In the 14 century during King Stefan Dragutinsreign over Macva (which included Valjevo and its surroundings),archeological findings from this area confirm the existence of many churches. The city Valjevo itself as a populated locality, according to researched material is first mentioned in paleography preserved in the historical archive of Dubrovnik.This, also is the oldest written record of the city registered in ,,ancient Serbian charters and documents dating back to 14August 1393. Up until first half of the 18th century there are no reliable sources of dedicated institutional organisation of the Serbian Orthodox Church with in this area. The Diocese of Valjevo formed upon the dissolution of the Ariljan Diocese in the first half of 18 century. Named Valjevo, then Uzicko-Valjevo, and later Sabac-Valjevo.The bishops residence was in Valjevo,while they were titled Metropolitan of Valjevo. During the regular Annual General Assembly Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church on 15 May 2006. It was decided to divide the Diocese of Sabac-Valjevo into Sabac and Valjevo.This decision relating to formation of the Diocese of Valjevo and election of the Bishop of Australia-New Zealand New Gracanica Diocese Right Reverend Milutin as Diocesan Bishop Valjevo came to fruitionon Sunday 24 September 2006 beneath the vaults of the newly constructed temple in Valjevo. Today the Diocese of Valjevo has six diocesan deareries, a hundred active clergy,numerous monastics, eight monasteries,seveval hundred thousand souls and almost the highest number of school children attending religious instruction in Serbia. By the Grace of God, in it most recent history the Diocese of Valjevo received two great emissaries from heaven, the great and Holy Nikolaj of Lelic and Zica, and no lesser Holy Abba Justin of Celije. Grateful to God for granting us these great Illuminaries as intercessors we pray for His blessing to continue on their path ,so all who come to venerate at their Holy Shrines and Relics be spiritually nourished and transfigured as at a new- in the Serbian Church and nation -Pool of Bethesda.


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