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Ravanica: with the church of the ASCENSION OF OUR LORD

This monastery is located in Vrdnik on the south slopes of Fruška Gora. You arrive there by following the signs. The only monastery from these parts that is located in a populated area. The original old church was dedicated to Saint John the Baptist and there are writs to that effect. The new church which is there now is dedicated to The Ascension of Our Lord. The past and founding of this monastery is unclear. The first mention of it dates back to 1589 although it is considered to be much older. It is errected during the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century. Little is known about it untill 1697 when it was inhabited by monks from the Ravanica monastery from Serbia escaping the Turks. That is when they brought the remains of Prince Lazar, renovated the church and dedicated it to The Ascension just as the church Ravanica near Ćuprija is also dedicated to the Ascension. That is why this monastery got the name Ravanica. In the church itself on the right hand side of the altar in the coffin untill 1989 used to lay the remains of Saint Prince Lazar when they were transferred to the Ravanica monastery near Cuprija to his Patrimony. Today on that very place lies the empty coffin. Beside the coffin in a glass box a part of the bones of Prince Lazar are kept. In the church there are also the remains of Saint Anastasia from the Third century as well as holy relics from the tomb of Jesus Christ. The monastery's dormatories are considered among the most beautiful in Fruška Gora. The monastery is active, female and in the care of nuns.

 
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