Manastir Sveti Nikola, Vranjina

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• Radovan Zaric

  09 July 2016

  Great views of the Skadar lake, the Zeta plain, Grmožur (prison) in the distance, Rumija mountain, Skadar city.
  On the back side of the church can be seen Žabljak Crnojevića.
  Can be reached only by boat.
  Not recommend coming over the hill
  
  Above the mouth of the River Moraca in Skadar Lake, is the church of St. Nicholas, the only one of the three former medieval church which formed the monastery Vranjina.
  Vranjina with several other monasteries in the vicinity of Zeta make the holy mountain.
  Vranjina Monastery was built with the blessing of Saint Sava, at the beginning of XIII century (1223.) built by his disciple Ilarion, the last, and first bishop of Zeta.
  Illarionov's grave has not been found,is believed to be near the monastery, other story says that it remains are hidden in Dajbabska monastery secret catacombs.
  
  Monastery had three churches and refectory: the church of St. Nicholas, St. Sava, the Assumption. Today there is only the church of St. Nicholas and the shelter which was set on fire in 1971, a hundred meters from the dormitory there are remains of the church of St. Sava, the ruins of the Church of the Assumption have not been found.
  
  The largest rise was the time of Emperor Dusan in the fourteenth century when the monastery according to tradition visited 500 monks.
  The monastery was destroyed several times in the late sixteenth century by Turks, 1714. Numan Pasha Ćuprilić with a large army burned the monastery to the ground.
  1843. Osman Pasha of Skopljan in the war with Montenegro for Lesendro, completely desteoyed the monastery and killed a few people and monks who defended him.
  Alexander III Romanov 1886 gave money for the restoration of the monastery and dormitory building that served as the palace of the royal family Petrović.
  
  The church is the burial place of dead monks during the Ottoman forces and destruction. Here was buried, and Abbot Nicholas, who was killed at the time of Numan Pasha.
  In the panel that is located on the right side of the entrance to the church of St. Nicholas is the inscription: "This monastery was built in 1233. year. In this old Episcopal monastery 25 monks were killed, Duke Raško Orlandić with 75 soldiers. Abbot Nicholas Ukmanović gave an example to all in this struggle. the fighting has killed 3013 Turks ".
  
  Now the monastery serves a father Petar Dragojlović, gentle and tall man, very intelligent and eloquent. If by any chance heading out to the monastery, let him do the work in the apiary, and then ask him about the history of monastery, you will see that it is a walking encyclopedia.

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