Kovilje monastery

Kovilje monastery
Monastery information
The Monastery of Kovilje.
Full name	Манастир Ковиљe
Order	Serbian Orthodox
Established	12th century Renovated 1644
Dedicated to	Archangel Gabriel
Diocese	Žiča Diocese
Controlled churches	Cave-church of Archangel Gabriel *Church of St. Nicholas
People
Founder(s)	Saint Sava
Important associated figures	Archbishop Gavrilo Rašković
Site
Location	Kovilje, Ivanjica, Serbia

Kovilje Monastery (Манастир Ковиљe), dedicated to Archangel Gabriel, is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church, located in the village of Kovilje, in the municipality of Ivanjica, in south-west Serbia belonging to the Žiča Diocese. It is sited between Golija and Javor mountains, in the Nošnica river valley. The monastery has two churches, one built partly in a cave and dedicated to the Archangel Gabriel, the other, added later, dedicated to St. Nicholas.

The monastery was founded in the 12th century. The first written reference to it is in 1606, in the "Kruševačkom Pomeniku". It was rebuilt in 1644 by Archbishop Gavrilo (Rašković). Records from 1733 mention it as an educational establishment.^[1]

The hegumen of the monastery is the young Serbian Orthodox Hieromonk Amvrosije. He lives there by himself with his tamed animals of two wolves, a fox, an eagle, a snake, raven, rabbit and an owl. The Serb-American community of Libertyville have donated a motorcycle and 4-wheel-drive to the monastery. The life of the monastery has been documented in the Serbian documentary "Monah i vuk".

Architecture

Kovilje Monastery

The monastery consists of two temples: the first is dedicated to the Holy Archangel Gabriel and another, that was later built, is dedicated to St. Nicholas. Church of the Holy Archangel partially rests on the rock, so it can be classified in a group of ascetic cave churches. It is a single building with altar niche. It is believed to have been built in the late 12th or the early 13th century, judging by the remains of frescoes and traditions.

Another temple has a rectangular base and a dome. From frescoes dating from the 13th century, which have survived only in fragments, characters of saints are still well preserved.^[2]

Restoration

The icon of Christ in the Church of Holy Archangel Gabriel

During the year 1644, Metropolitan of Raska, Gavrilo(Rašković), visits the monastery and finds it extremely neglected, in serious condition. Then he restores it and stays in it for a while, and in 1651 he endows the Monastery with a shackled and decorated Holy Gospel for the liturgical needs of the restored church of St. Nicholas, and frees the monastery land, which was returned to the monastery.

From the records of 1733,we find that a spiritualist Filip lives in the monastery, who taught those who wanted to become priests. From all this, the monastery was highly ranked as an important place in both spiritual, as well as in national and political life of the people of this region. One of the oldest schools in Serbia was open here in 1867. There was also a school for future priests. Since 1813, the monastery performed an active function of a regular parochial school.

The monastery was restored in 2005, and the monastery refectory was built during 2007 - 2009.

The interior of the Church of Holy Archangel Gabriel

The interior of the Church of St. Nicholas

References

↑ "Official website of municipality of Ivanjica". Retrieved 9 May 2014.
↑ "Tourist organisation of Ivanjica". Retrieved 9 May 2014.

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1346–1463	Joanikije II (St.) Sava IV Jefrem (St.) Spiridon (St.) Danilo III Sava V Danilo IV Kirilo I (St.) Nikon I (St.) Teofan I Nikodim II Arsenije II

1557–1766	Makarije Sokolović (St.) Antonije Sokolović Gerasim Sokolović Savatije Sokolović Nikanor Jerotej Filip Sokolović Jovan Pajsije I Gavrilo I (St.) Maksim I Arsenije III Kalinik I Atanasije I Mojsije I Arsenije IV Joanikije III Atanasije II Gavrilo II Gavrilo III Vikentije I Pajsije II Gavrilo IV Kirilo II Vasilije I Kalinik II

since 1920	Dimitrije Varnava Gavrilo Vikentije German Pavle Irinej

Heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Habsburg Monarchy (1690–1920)

Metropolitans of Karlovci 1690–1726	Arsenije III Čarnojević Isaija Đaković Sofronije Podgoričanin Vikentije Popović

Metropolitan of Belgrade 1718–1726	Mojsije Petrović

Metropolitans of Belgrade and Karlovci 1726–1739	Mojsije Petrović Vićentije Jovanović Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta

Metropolitans of Karlovci 1739–1848	Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta Isaija Antonović Pavle Nenadović Jovan Đorđević Vićentije Jovanović Vidak Mojisije Putnik Stefan Stratimirović Stefan Stanković Josif Rajačić

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1831–1920	Melentije Pavlović Petar Jovanović Mihailo Jovanović Teodosije Mraović Inokentije Pavlović Dimitrije Pavlović

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1766–1920	Sava Petrović Arsenije Plamenac Petar I Petar II Danilo II Nikanor Ivanović Ilarion Roganović Visarion Ljubiša Mitrofan Ban

Serbian Orthodox monasteries

Serbia	Banjska* Bavanište Bođani Devič* Gračanica* Holy Archangels* Banja Beočin Bukovo Ćelije Crna Reka Đurđevi stupovi Fenek Gorioč* Gornjak Gradac Hajdučica Kalenić Kastaljan Koporin Kovilj Ljubostinja Manasija Mesić Mileševa Nimnik Poganovo Pokajnica Prohor Pčinjski Pustinja Rača Rajinovac Ravanica Rukumija St. Nicholas Sopoćani Studenica Suvodol Tronoša Tuman Vitovnica Bešenovo Divša Grgeteg Jazak Krušedol Kuveždin Mala Remeta Novo Hopovo Petkovica Patriarchate of Peć* Privina Glava Rakovac Staro Hopovo Šišatovac Velika Remeta Vrdnik-Ravanica Holy Trinity St. Melanija Sombor Središte Vojlovica Visoki Dečani* Zemun Žiča Zočište*

Montenegro	Bijela Beška Cetinje Ćelije Dajbabe Dobrilovina Donji Donji Brčeli Dovolja Dubočica Duljevo Đurđevi Stupovi Gradište Kaludra Kom Kosijerevo Majstorovina Miholjska Prevlaka Morača Moračnik Nikoljac Orahovo Ostrog Piva Podmaine Podmalinsko Podostrog Podvrh Praskvica Reževići Savina Stanjevići Starčeva Gorica St. Nicholas, Obod Vranjina

Bosnia & Herzegovina	Bišnja Detlak Dobrićevo Dobrun Dragaljevac Duga Njiva Duži Glogovac Gomionica Hercegovačka Gračanica Ilinka Karno Klisina Knežina Krupa Liplje Lomnica Lovnica Moštanica Ozren Papraća Petropavlov Pjenovac Rmanj Rožanj Sase Sokolica Stuplje St. Nicholas St. Basil of Ostrog Tavna Treskavac Tvrdoš Veselinje Vozuća Zavala Žitomislić

Croatia	Dragović Gomirje Komogovina Krka Krupa Lazarica Lepavina Oćestovo Orahovica Sv. Nedjelje Sv. Petke St. Basil of Ostrog

Others	Hilandar (Mount Athos) New Gračanica Monastery (USA)

Notes	* indicate monasteries in Kosovo, which is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Kosovo.

List of Serbian Orthodox monasteries

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Serbia

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Church of St Sava, Notting Hill, London
Church of the Holy Prince Lazar, Birmingham
Serbian Orthodox Church, Halifax
St. Nicholas, West Wycombe

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Other
countries

St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church (Toronto), Canada
Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church, Slovenia
Serbian Church in Arad, Romania
St. Sava Church, Paris, France
Saint Spyridon Church, Trieste, Italy
Annunciation Church, Szentendre, Hungary
Transfiguration Church, Szentendre, Hungary
Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, Stockholm, Sweden

Notes

* indicate churches in Kosovo, which is the subject of a territorial dispute between Serbia and Kosovo.

Serbian saints

Coordinates: 43°26′03″N 20°11′20″E / 43.4343°N 20.1890°E / 43.4343; 20.1890

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