Hercegovačka Gračanica Explained

Hercegovačka Gračanica
Order:Serbian Orthodox
Established:2000
Diocese:Diocese of Zahumlje and Herzegovina
Dedication:Most Holy Theotokos
People:Predrag Ristić (architect)
Location:Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Map Type:Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coord:42.7106°N 18.3597°W

The Hercegovačka Gračanica Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Херцеговачка Грачаница|Manastir Hercegovačka Gračanica) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Trebinje, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Largely a copy of the Gračanica monastery in Kosovo, it was completed in 2000. The monastery is located above the city, on the historic Crkvina Hill, and is dedicated to the Virgin Mary.[1] Crkvina Hill has expansive views of Trebinje, with city walls and bridges alongside the Trebišnjica River, and has been a place of pilgrimage throughout the ages. At the current site of Hercegovacka Gračanica once was the church of St. Michael, the medieval endowment of King Milutin.[2]

Hercegovačka Gračanica was built according to the last wish of the prominent poet and diplomat Jovan Dučić (1871-1943), who wanted to be burried on a hill above Trebinje in a church like "one in Kosovo".[3] Dučić's relics were trasferred from Illionis to Hercegovačka Gračanica in 2000.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.routeperfect.com/bosnia-and-herzegovina/eastern-srpska/trebinje/hercegovacka-gracanica-monastery/ Hercegovacka Gracanica Monastery, Trebinje
  2. Web site: Херцеговачка Грачаница Епархија ЗХиП . 2024-07-30 . sr-RS.
  3. Web site: Sad . BIS Novi . Hercegovačka Gračanica . 2024-07-29 . Туристичка организација Града Требиња . sr-SR.
  4. Web site: CULTURAL GARDEN EXPANDS – JOVAN DUCIC HONORED AT SERBIAN CULTURAL GARDEN . 2024-07-29 . easterndiocese.org.