Gornjak monastery
This article is about the monastery in
Serbia. For the monastery in Montenegro, see Gornjak monastery, Montenegro.
The Gornjak Monastery (Serbian: Горњак), formerly known as Ždrelo (Ждрело), is a 14th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery located in the vicinity of today's city of Petrovac na Mlavi, Serbia.
Gornjak monastery is located in Gornjacka gorge, between Žagubica and Petrovac na Mlavi. Construction of the monastery was finished in 1380 by Starats (Elder) Grigorije and his brethren, and the founder was king Lazar of Serbia.
It was rather early that the monastery was mentioned in Turkish documents -- in the 1520s and 1530s. First six, and later eight monks were reported to live there. After the Treaty of Požarevac the place was found in ruins, but abbot Maksim immediately had the sanctuary reconstructed back to its original. Since the monastery was built, the monastic life went on uninterrupted (even in war) up to this day. The oldest preserved structures are a church dedicated to Ascension and the small cave chapel dedicated to St. Nicholas. Gornjak monastery belongs to the Moravska architectural school. The Vavedenjska Church has a trefoil basis with a dome. The bell tower and the parvis were added later.
The most interesting frescoes are the ones in the St. Nicholas chapel. The fresco-paintings were painted in 1847 and are of considerable quality. In the small cave chapel above the main church, the relics of the monastery's co-founder St. Grigorije are kept. Relics of Saint Gregor - Saint Grigorije are very respected by local population that consider them miracle and healing.
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- Melentije Pavlović
- Petar Jovanović
- Mihailo Jovanović
- Teodosije Mraović
- Inokentije Pavlović
- Dimitrije Pavlović
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- 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*
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- 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
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- 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
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Coordinates: 44°15′57″N 21°32′37″E / 44.2658°N 21.5436°E / 44.2658; 21.5436
