Đurđevi Stupovi, Montenegro

This article is about the monastery in Montenegro. For the monastery in Serbia, see Đurđevi Stupovi.

The Đurđevi Stupovi Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Ђурђеви ступови, romanized: Manastir Đurđevi stupovi, lit. "Monastery of the Pillars of St. George") is a Serbian Orthodox monastery near the town of Berane, in northeastern Montenegro. It was founded by Stefan Prvoslav, the nephew of Stefan Nemanja, in 1213. Since 2019, it was the cathedral monastery of the Eparchy of Budimlja,^[1] until the end of the 17th century. Today, it is the cathedral monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Budimlje-Nikšić in Montenegro.^[2]

Monastery of Đurđevi Stupovi, near Berane

See also

• Eparchy of Budimlje-Nikšić
• List of Serbian Orthodox monasteries
• Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral

References

1. Ćirković 2004, p. 43.
2. Будимљанско-никшићка епархија: Манастир Ђурђеви Ступови

Sources

• Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing.
• Јанковић, Марија (1985). Епископије и митрополије Српске цркве у средњем веку (Bishoprics and Metropolitanates of Serbian Church in Middle Ages). Београд: Историјски институт САНУ.
• Pavlovich, Paul (1989). The History of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Serbian Heritage Books.
• Pavlowitch, Stevan K. (2002). Serbia: The History Behind the Name. London: Hurst & Company.
• Popović, Svetlana (2002). "The Serbian Episcopal sees in the thirteenth century". Старинар (51: 2001): 171–184.
• Вуковић, Сава (1996). Српски јерарси од деветог до двадесетог века (Serbian Hierarchs from the 9th to the 20th Century). Евро, Унирекс, Каленић.

External links

• Official page
• Pictures of the monastery

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