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Serb Orthodox monasteries are found throughout the Balkans, in Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro. This foundation of monasteries followed the forming of the first Serbian states starting in the 10th century. The first monasteries were built in the Raška region, in the Southwestern Serbia, then Kosovo and finally in Central Serbia. Fleeing the Turkish tyranny, the majority of Serbs migrated to the North. Shortly thereafter, the first monasteries on the Fruška Gora Mountain were established.
All the Serbian rulers were very religious and instead of building palaces, they established monasteries as their endowments and mausoleums. Monasteries used to be the place where important decisions were made. The first books were copied here and thus literacy was spread and the culture of the Serbian people was formed. The monasteries' walls were illuminated by frescoes reflecting the artstic styles of the time. Some of this frescoes are extremely valuable art treasures like the Frescoe of the White Angel ("Beli anđeo") from the 13th century in the Monastery of Mileševa now under the protection of UNESCO.
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Australia and New Zealand · Britain and Scandinavia · Canada · Central Europe · Eastern America · Western America · Western Europe
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Belgrade and Karlovci · Ohrid |
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Archbishops
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Patriarchs of Karlovci
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Arsenije III Čarnojević • Isaija Đaković • Sofronije Podgoričanin • Vikentije Popović • Mojsije Petrović • Vićentije Jovanović • Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta • Isaija Antonović • Pavle Nenadović • Jovan Đorđević • Vićentije Jovanović Vidak • Mojsije Putnik • Stefan Stratimirović • Stefan Stanković • Josif Rajačić • Samuilo Maširević • Prokopije Ivačković • German Anđelić • Georgije Branković • Lukijan Bogdanović
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Leontije Lambrović • Agatanel • Antim • Melentije Pavlović • Petar Jovanović • Mihailo Jovanović • Teodosije Mraović • Inokentije Pavlović • Dimitrije Pavlović |
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The monasteries below are arranged by region, province, and state. See also Serbian monasteries and List of Serb Orthodox monasteries.
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Bijela · Cetinje · Dajbabe · Dobrilovina · Donje Brčele · Duljevo · Đurđevi Stupovi · Gradište · Kom · Kosijerevo · Miholjska Prevlaka · Morača · Moračnik · Ostrog · Piva · Podmaine · Podmalinsko · Praskvica · Reževići · Savina · Stanjevići · Starčeva Gorica · Svetog Nikole - Obod · Vranjina
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Bišnja · Dobrićevo · Dobrun · Duži · Glogovac · Gomionica · Hercegovačka Gračanica · Klisina · Knežina · Krupa · Liplje · Lomnica · Lovnica · Moštanica · Ozren · Papraća · Petropavlov · Sase · Stuplje · Svetog Arhangela Gavrila · Svetog Nikole · Svetog Vasilija Ostroškog · Tavna · Tvrdoš · Uspenja Bogorodičinog
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Dragović · Gomirje · Komogovina · Krka · Krupa · Lepavina · Sv. Lazarica · Sv. Nedjelje · Sv. Petke · Sv. Vasilija Ostroškog
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