Sase Monastery, Serbian Orthodox monastery in Sase, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sase Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in the mining village of Sase, in the hills between Srebrenica and Bratunac. Its rebuilt complex consists of a chapel, an ablution fountain and a residence; the chapel interior is painted with frescoes of the lives of saints, and a gilded iconostasis shields the altar. A Roman tombstone excavated nearby is exhibited in the courtyard. It belongs to the Metropolitanate of Dabar and Bosnia, and its head bishop is Nikolaj.
The monastery was founded in 1242 by King Stefan Uroš I and served as a Hilandar metochion until its foundations were rediscovered by miners in 1850. This rediscovery enabled reconstruction and revival of the site after centuries of obscurity.
The monastery celebrates Saint Emperor Uroš as its founder; on 5 December 2007 Bishop Vasilije gave it part of the relics of King Uroš and part of the relics of Emperor Uroš. The church was dedicated to the Holy Apostle Peter after its 1858 rebuilding by Sase miners.
The monastery sits in a rural area between two larger towns in hilly terrain with limited direct access. Visitors should be aware of its remote location and prepare accordingly for the journey.
The Roman tombstone in the courtyard was built into the south face of the earlier church as a stone relief slab: a late antique double bust portrait, probably funerary in character. The monastery stands beside the Roman site of Domavia, where a large bath building and a municipal building were found.
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