Moračnik Monastery Explained
The Moračnik Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Морачник|Manastir Moračnik) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on Moračnik island on Skadar Lake in modern-day Montenegro. It is positioned across from the village of Bobovište, whose residents used it as their church before they converted to Islam.[3]
History
The name of the monastery is derived from the name of the island. The monastery was mentioned in the chapter issued by Balša III in 1417 by which he granted a salt evaporation pond to the monastery.[4] It was built after 1400,[5] probably between 1403 and 1417. The monastery was so poor in the 17th century that in 1665 its hegumen, together with hegumen and monks from Vranjina Monastery, requested help from Catholic bishop of Scutari Pjetër Bogdani.[6] During Montenegrin-Ottoman war in 1853 monastery was attacked by Ottoman forces. Defended by three Leković brothers: Mališa, Savo and Andrija from the nearby Godinje village who were badly outnumbered, it was eventually captured while his defenders according to a local folklore died a heroic death.[7] Until 1997, when the first liturgy was done, the monastery was defunct.[8] Pavel Rovinsky thought that this monastery was part of nearby Prečista Krajinska Monastery.[9]
Layout
The monastery was surrounded bya stone wall and consisted of the following buildings: a church dedicated to the Holy Mother of God, residence, communal dining-hall and a tower with a chapel on top.[10]
See also
Further reading
- Marković. Čedomir. Manastir Moračnik. Glasnik Narodnog Muzeja Crne Gore. 2004. 6 August 2013. Narodni Muzej Crne Gore. Cetinje. sr. 1800-5713.
Notes and References
- Book: Snežana Miladinović. Zadužbine. 6 August 2013. 2002. 62. Službeni glasnik . 9788675492726. Морачник се по први пут помиње 1417. године у Повељи Балше III који је ктитор овог манастира..
- Book: Svetlana S. Popović. Krst u krugu: arhitektura manastira u srednjovekovnoj Srbiji. 6 August 2013. 1994. Prosveta. 229. 9788607007608. Морачник изгра- ђен је манастир посвећен Богородици, који се по- миње 1417. године у повел>и Балше III Ђурђе- вића, што би значило да је изграђен раније, на самом почетку XV столећа.
- Book: Delo: list za nauku, književnost i društveni život. 8 August 2013. 1894. Carna radikalna štamparija.. 441. Манастир Морачник у језеру стоји спрам села Бобовишга, и он се близу овог села види; и без сумње да је ово прије турчења Бобовиштана била њихова црква. .
- Book: MobileReference. Travel Montenegro: Illustrated Guide, Phrasebook and Maps. 27 July 2013. MobileReference. 978-1-61198-237-4. 390. "Moracnik Monastery" is located on the island of Moracnik on Skadar Lake. It was first mentioned in 1417, in the Charter of Balša III. The monastery complex consists of a church dedicated to the Holy Mother of God, an accommodation building.
- Book: Olga Zirojević. Crkve i manastiri na području Pećke patrijaršije do 1683. godine. 6 August 2013. 1984. Istorijski institut u Beogradu. 61. ...црква на Морачнику у Скадарском језеру. Помиње се први пут у повељи Балше III из 1417. године. Изграђена је, највероватније, после 1400..
- Book: Томаш Марковић. Историја школства и просвјете у Црној Гори. 8 August 2013. 1969. Завод за издавање уџбеника Социјалистичке Републике Србије. 144. Он је у XVII веку био веома сиромашан.
- Web site: Manastir Moračnik. 17 February 2016.
- Book: Pravoslavlje. 6 August 2013. 2005. Izdaje Srpska patrijaršija. 1997. први пут се служи Света Литургија на Бешки и Морачнику....
- Book: Alma Mater Croatica. 6 August 2013. 1940. 107. Pavle Rovinski misli, da je manastir na otoku Moračniku »bio u f ili jalnom odnosu prema Prečistoj Krajinskoj«.
- Web site: Spomenici kulture: Manastir Moračnik, Skadarsko jezero, XV vijek. www.barinfo.me/. 27 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130812221512/http://barinfo.me/text.php?kategorija=11&id=96. dead. 12 August 2013.
