The Hercegovačka Gračanica Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Херцеговачка Грачаница, romanized: Manastir Hercegovačka Gračanica) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Trebinje, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
 Hercegovačka Gračanica monastery, pictured in 2014 | |
  Location within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Serbian Orthodox |
| Established | 2000 |
| Dedicated to | Most Holy Theotokos |
| Diocese | Diocese of Zahumlje and Herzegovina |
| People | |
| Important associated figures | Predrag Ristić (architect) |
| Site | |
| Location | Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Coordinates | 42°42′38″N 18°21′35″E / 42.71056°N 18.35972°E |
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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 buried on a hill above Trebinje in a church like "one in Kosovo".[3] Dučić's relics were transferred from Illionis to Hercegovačka Gračanica in 2000.[4]
References
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- ^ Hercegovacka Gracanica Monastery, Trebinje Archived 2017-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 4 March 2017
- ^ "Херцеговачка Грачаница | Епархија ЗХиП" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-07-30.
- ^ Sad, BIS Novi. "Hercegovačka Gračanica". Туристичка организација Града Требиња (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-07-29.
- ^ "CULTURAL GARDEN EXPANDS – JOVAN DUCIC HONORED AT SERBIAN CULTURAL GARDEN". easterndiocese.org. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
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