Lovnitsa Monastery ( Serb. Manastir Lomnica ) or Lomnica ( Serb. Manastir Lomnica ) in honor of St. George is a convent of the Zvornitsk-Tuzlan diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the community of Shekovichi of the Republic of Serbian Bosnia and Herzegovina , 2 km north of the city of Shekovichi .
| Monastery | |
| Lovnitsa Monastery | |
|---|---|
 | |
| A country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Location | Shekovichi community, Republika Srpska |
| Denomination | |
| Diocese | Zvornitsky-Tuzlanskaya |
| Type of | female |
| First mention | 1577 year |
History
According to folk tradition, the monastery is the strangulation of King Stephen Dragutin . The modern church was built in the 60s or 70s of the XVI century. The first written record is dated November 6, 1577/78. In 1578, the iconostasis was made by the Pecherk monk Longinus. It is believed that at that time Lovnitsa was a compound of Papracha , and not an independent monastery [1] .
In 1823, the church was covered with a new tiled roof. In 1884 it was rediscovered. During the Second World War, the monastery building and the roof of the church burned down, and a partisan hospital was operating near the monastery [1] .
In 1952, the restoration of the monastery and the restoration of frescoes and the iconostasis began. In March 1979, Bishop Vasily (Kachavenda) transferred three nuns from Tavna Monastery , who revived monastic life in the monastery [1] .
Since 2005, the monastery has been included in the list of national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina [2] .
See also
- List of monasteries of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Manastir Lovnitsa (Serb.) . Diocesan Zvornichko - Tuzlanska. Archived on April 29, 2016.
- ↑ Prirodno - graditeljska cjelina Manastira Lomnica, općina Šekovići (Serbohor.) . Komisija za očuvanje nacionalnih spomenika BIH. Date of treatment May 7, 2017.