Pakra Monastery, Serbian Orthodox monastery in Donji Borki, Croatia

Pakra Monastery stands in a small valley beside the Bijela River, a tributary of the Pakra, under the Papuk hills near Donji Borki. Its Church of the Presentation of the Theotokos, completed in 1765, is a single-nave Baroque building of cut stone with some gypsum and brick, given a bell tower on the west wall in 1769. A long narrow three-winged two-storey residence stands next to it.

The monastery is first documented in 1556, when abbot Teodosije is mentioned; a legend credits the hermit Stanko Njegomir with building its first wooden church. It was restored in 1697 by Moravian metropolitan Grigorije and monks from Mileševa. The Church of the Presentation was completed in 1765, and a storm tore the roofs off the church and all buildings on 24 May 1780.

The iconostasis, installed in 1779, is about 10 metres high and holds 72 icons in five tiers, from Old Testament scenes and the six throne icons with the royal doors up to the Crucifixion. The tempera icons are attributed to Vasilije Ostojić of Novi Sad; the carving was done in 1774 by Jovan Dujković of Podborje (Daruvar).

Access to the site is fairly straightforward but located in a rural area without nearby services. Visitors should expect ongoing restoration work and respect the active work zones.

During excavations a carved capital with Gothic profiles was found in the monastery grounds, suggesting an earlier religious structure existed at this location. This discovery hints that the site may have been used for worship longer than written records indicate.