Žitomislić
The monastery in May 2015
Žitomislić (Serbian: Житомислић) is а Serbian Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Annunciation and located near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
History
Building
In 1566 the Ottoman Empire, as represented by the kadija (qadi) in Nevesinje, granted the Miloradović-Hrabren family a permit to build monastery at Žitomislić over the ruins of an older church. The monastery took more than forty years to complete with the first reference to monks at Žitomislić in 1606. The monastery boasted a highly artistic iconostasis, and housed a scriptorium of considerable activity and renown in its time. At the height of its existence the monastery was supported by large land holdings worked by the monks themselves.
Modern history
Monastery courtyard
Early in the 19th century, the prior, Simeon Miljković, took on improvements to the monastery that included guest quarters, local water, and a new vineyard. A seminary was opened in 1858. On 26 June 1941, a detachment of Ustaše tortured and killed the monks of Žitomislić and threw their bodies into a pit. The buildings were plundered; the church was razed and the rest of the compound burnt to the ground. The monastery was rebuilt after the war and the bodies of the monks were exhumed and placed in a tomb.
In 1992 Žitomislić was destroyed by the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) as part of the ongoing warfare after the collapse of Yugoslavia.[1] At that time the library contained dozens of old manuscripts from the 16th and 17th centuries including a small archive of Turkish documents. The treasury was plundered and the buildings, including the cemetery were dynamited and bulldozed to the ground. The stones were left where they fell, however, and when reconstruction of Žitomislić officially began in April 2002, its prior architecture was meticulously reconstructed. In May 2005 the regular session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church began in the fully restored Žitomislić Monastery.
See also
References
External links
|
|---|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| | | | Patriarchs (since 1346) |
|---|
| 1346–1463 | |
|---|
| 1557–1766 | |
|---|
| since 1920 | |
|---|
|
| | | Heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Habsburg Monarchy (1690–1920) |
|---|
| | |
|---|
| | |
|---|
| Metropolitans of Belgrade and Karlovci 1726–1739 | |
|---|
| | |
|---|
| | |
|---|
|
| | | |
|---|
| 1831–1920 |
- Melentije Pavlović
- Petar Jovanović
- Mihailo Jovanović
- Teodosije Mraović
- Inokentije Pavlović
- Dimitrije Pavlović
|
|---|
|
| | |
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| | Serbia |
- Church of Saint Sava
- St. Michael's Cathedral
- St. George, Banovo Brdo
- Ružica
- St. Mark's Church
- St. Basil of Ostrog
- St. Achillius, Arilje
- Peter's Church, Ras
- Cave Church, Lukovo
- Štava Church
- Odžaklija
- Kađenica
- Lazarica Church
- Church of St. George, Lukovo
- Church of Holy Ascension, Krupanj
- Saint George's Cathedral (Novi Sad)
- the Assumption, Zrenjanin
- Our Lady of Ljeviš*
- Church of the Virgin Hodegetria*
- Church of St. Elijah, Podujevo*
- Church of St. Nicholas, Prizren*
- Mala Gospojina Church*
- Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Pristina*
|
| |
|---|
| | Montenegro | |
|---|
| Bosnia and
Herzegovina | |
|---|
| | Croatia |
- Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva
- Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Trpinja
- Church of St. Nicholas, Vukovar
- Church of Pentecost, Vinkovci
- Church of St. George, Kneževo
- Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, Negoslavci
- Church of Pentecost, Markušica
- Church of St. George, Bobota
- Church of St. Stephen, Borovo
- Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, Srijemske Laze
- Church of St. Peter and Paul, Bolman
- Church of St. Stefan Štiljanović, Karanac
- Church of St. Nicholas, Mirkovci
- Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Gaboš
- Church of St. Nicholas, Jagodnjak
- Church of St. Demetrius, Dalj
- Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, Zagreb
- Church of St. George, Grubišno Polje
- Church of St. Nicholas, Karlovac
- Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, Drežnica
- Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Štikada
- Church of St. George, Varaždin
- Church of the Holy Annunciation, Dubrovnik
- Orthodox Church in Knin
- Church of St. Peter and Paul, Tepljuh
- St. Spyridon Church, Peroj
- Church of St. Nicholas, Rijeka
- Church of St. Nicholas, Vrlika
- Orthodox church of Holy Salvation, Cetina
|
|
|---|
| | United Kingdom | |
|---|
| | United States | |
|---|
| 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. |
|---|
|
|
|
Coordinates: 43°11′23″N 17°46′50″E / 43.18972°N 17.78056°E / 43.18972; 17.78056
