Glogovac monastery, Serbian Orthodox monastery near Šipovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Glogovac monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery set on steep hills near Sipovo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, built around a main church dedicated to Saint George. Around the church stand supporting buildings for community life, along with pilgrim lodgings and a guest camp added in more recent times.
The monastery was built in 1886 in the Glogovac River gorge, on the site of a medieval monastery destroyed by the Ottomans in 1463, when abbot Joanikije was impaled. The church, of Vagan stone, was consecrated in 1869 after reconstruction begun in 1866. Ustaše burned the complex in 1941 and the church on 14 October 1942; reconstruction finished in 1966, and full renovation ran from 1999 to 2005.
The monastery has no monastic brotherhood today; it serves as a parish church. Its main annual gathering is the Janjski Sabor, held on the Sunday after the feast of All Saints and attended by Patriarch Pavle in 1991 when the tradition was revived. The church is dedicated to Saint George.
The site sits on a steep hillside, so sturdy footwear makes moving around much easier. Those who wish to stay longer can use the on-site pilgrim lodgings rather than looking for accommodation elsewhere in the area.
According to local tradition, villagers granted permission to rebuild made a rope from an ox hide and used it to measure out a longer church foundation than the Ottoman authorities intended. The church was built of vagan stone in the same gorge where the medieval monastery once stood.
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