HOLY TRINITY MONASTERY IN BREZOJEVICE

It is located in the village of Brezojevice, at the foot of the Gradac hill Monastery of the Holy Trinity.The monastery belongs to the Diocese of Budimlja-Niksic Serbian Orthodox Church. Records say that the monastery was built on the walls of the old monastery in 1567. Then the monks of Dečan gave an order to hieromonk Nestor and his brothers to build or restore a monastery on the banks of Lim. Tradition says it is Monastery of the Holy Trinity built 30 years before the monasteryVisoki Dečani,and that the current shape of the monastery was built 
on the ruins of the original building that was destroyed by the Turks when they conquered the Plav parish. The monastery was built in Byzantine style. It belongs to the type of single-nave buildings with a semicircular apse, a spacious square nave and a chancel. The semi-shaped construction of the ship is supported by the side leaning arches. The church itself has neither a dome nor a bell tower, and the bell tower was subsequently built on Gradac hill, above the church itself. Its architecture is reminiscent of older churches in the Moravian-Rag style.

Monastery of the Holy Trinity due to its geographical position and proximity, had strong ties with Visoki Dečani Monasteryi Patriarchate of Peć,as well asThe monasteries of Đurđevi Stupovi, Šudikovo, Milesevo,the Morač and Piva monasteries, so they are next to each other Monastery of the Holy Trinity various caravans and imperial roads passed by, transporting various valuables of Serbian rulers and nobles. The nobles gifted this monastery with gold, silver, books, and icons, so culture was at a very high level on Gradac hill, where the lords of these regions dined. Copywriting schools were located there, literacy and literature spread.

However, during the wars, the monastery was burned and destroyed several times (it was recorded that it was destroyed and burned in 1912, 1941 and 1946). On that occasion, books 
were also burned and valuables were stolen, so little was saved. The stylistic painting in the entire monastery is the work of one and the same master. The frescoes have been largely destroyed, and those that have been preserved are in poor condition and can only be seen in fragments. There are parts of the composition The terrible judgmenton the eastern wall of the chancel ,Abraham's hospitality above the front door. saint Nicholasis located on the west wall of the nave,The Virgin with Christ in a niche. It is above them Sergius and Bacchus by the door. To the right of them is a fragment of a fresco Stefan Nemanja, and there is a fresco above the door Assumption of the Virgin which is well preserved. It's on the 
left Birth of the Virgin i Christ. There was also a fresco Archangel Michael. On the wall, in a niche, they are barely visible Chest of Saint Sava. The southern wall guards John the Forerunner, Bust of Saint Sergius and Saint Simeon. With him are also three church dignitaries, one of whom is probably Saint Sava.

 

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