The Cetinje Monastery (Serbian Cyrillic: Цетињски манастир; also known as the New Cetinje Monastery) is the most famous Serb Orthodox monastery in Montenegro. Serbian (sr-Cyrl српски језик sr-Latn ''srpski jezik'' is a South Slavic language, The Cyrillic alphabet (səˈrɪlɪk also called azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters is actually a family of Alphabets, subsets of which are used by The Serbian Orthodox Church ( Serbian: Српска Православна Црква / Srpska Pravoslavna Crkva; СПЦ / SPC) or the Montenegro ( British English) Montenegrin / Serbian: PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE LANGUAGES WITHOUT CONSENSUS ON THE TALK PAGE! It is the seat of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral. The Metropolitanate of Montenegro is the largest diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro. It's name derives from Saint Peter of Cetinje. Petar I Petrović Njegoš (St Peter of Cetinje) (1747-1830 ( Serbian Cyrillic: Петар I Петровић Његош Свети Петар Цетињски A center of historical and cultural importance, it was founded between 1701 and 1704 by Prince-Bishop Danilo I on the site of the former court of Ivan the Black. Danilo I Šćepčev Petrović-Njegoš aka Vladika Danilo ( Cyrillic: Данило I Шћепчев Петровић-Његош) (Njeguši circa 1670 - Ivan Crnojević - Ivo ( Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Црноjeвић - Иво Ivan the Black Giovanni Cernovichio Ivan-bey was the medieval ruler of Zeta
In the New Cetinje Monastery there are several relics:
- Remains of Saint Peter of Cetinje
- Right hand of Saint John the Baptist
Medieval Cetinje Monastery
The medieval Cetinje Monastery (Serbian: Srednjovjekovni Cetinjski manastir; also known as the Old Cetinje Monastery (Serbian: Stari Cetinjski manastir)) was a Serb Orthodox monastery built by Montenegrin Lord Ivan the Black in 1484 and consecrated the monastery to the the birth of the Virgin Mary (Hram Roždestva presvete Bogorodice). Petar I Petrović Njegoš (St Peter of Cetinje) (1747-1830 ( Serbian Cyrillic: Петар I Петровић Његош Свети Петар Цетињски Saint John the Baptist ( heb. Jochanan ben Sacharja, arab. يحيى Yaḥyā or يوحنا Yūḥanna, aram. Serbian (sr-Cyrl српски језик sr-Latn ''srpski jezik'' is a South Slavic language, Serbian (sr-Cyrl српски језик sr-Latn ''srpski jezik'' is a South Slavic language, The Serbian Orthodox Church ( Serbian: Српска Православна Црква / Srpska Pravoslavna Crkva; СПЦ / SPC) or the Ivan Crnojević - Ivo ( Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Црноjeвић - Иво Ivan the Black Giovanni Cernovichio Ivan-bey was the medieval ruler of Zeta The founding charter of the monastery is dated 4 January 1485. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. The monastery was located in Ćipur.
It is believed that the monastery was about 20 metres long and about 6 metres wide, relatively 13x7 metres. With the help of the monastery's blueprints, designed by the Venetian engineer, Barbieri, the approximate dimensions of the monastery can be found. In an etching in the book Oktoih, it can be assumed that the medieval Cetinje Monastery was a three-naved basilica, with a cupola on the center nave. Oktoih ( Cyrillic: Октоих in English the Book of Psalms or Psalter, is an Incunabula printed in Cetinje, Montenegro The monastery had elements renaissance architecture. Around the monastery was a 1,400 m2 complex with two smaller churches and an inn.
In 1692, the Venetians demolished the medieval monastery to the ground during the Morean War. The Morean War ( La guerra di Morea) was a campaign fought during the Great Turkish War between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire
Sources and References
- Istorijski Leksikon Crne Gore Book 1, A-Crn ISBN 86-7706-165-7
External links
- Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral: Cetinje Monastery
- Montenegro.org: Monastery at Cetinje - a Montenegrin treasure
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