Манастир Горица, Orthodox monastery in Donji Budački, Croatia

Monastery Gorica in Donji Budački consists of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul and a monastic residence (konak). The church is dedicated to the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, while the monastery itself is dedicated to the Holy Mother of God Trojeručica. The complex stands near the old town of Gorica.

Built at the end of the 17th century, after the Great Migration of Serbs in 1690 under Patriarch Arsenije III Crnojević, when settlers formed the Military Frontier to defend the Austrian Empire against Ottoman incursions. In World War II the monastery was looted, burned and destroyed; the church of Saints Peter and Paul was rebuilt and consecrated in 1963 through Bishop Simeon and priest Dušan Puškar. Croatian forces destroyed it again in 1995, and it was renewed only in 2007.

The monastery is dedicated to the Holy Mother of God Trojeručica, while its church bears the name of the apostles Peter and Paul. The site stands near the old town of Gorica in Donji Budački, on Kordun, within the Gornjokarlovac Eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Its church was reconsecrated and returned to liturgical use in 1963 through the efforts of Bishop Simeon and the priest Dušan Puškar.

The monastery stands in Donji Budački, on the Kordun, with the old fortified town of Gorica nearby. The church and monastic residence were rebuilt and the site renewed only in 2007, so check locally before travelling that it is open. Dress modestly for the church.

Near the monastery, in Donji Budački, lies the mass grave at Ivanić Jarak, where 380 Orthodox Serbs killed by the Ustaše during World War II are buried. The monastery church itself was rebuilt, consecrated and returned to liturgical use in 1963 through the efforts of Bishop Simeon of Gornji Karlovac and the priest Dušan Puškar.