Duži Monastery

Coordinates: 42°42′22″N 18°15′43″E / 42.706226°N 18.261981°E / 42.706226; 18.261981
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Church of the Duži Monastery

The Duži Monastery (

Venetians during the Morean War. That year the see of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina was transferred from Tvrdoš to Duži, where it remained until 1777, when the see was relocated to Mostar.[1]

During the latter half of the 19th century, the monks of Duži supported the uprisings of

florins. A bronze plaque was placed in the renovated church, with text in Serbian expressing gratitude to Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph.[1]

After World War I, the monastery was inhabited by Russian monks who fled from Russia in the wake of the October Revolution. In 1935, they painted the walls of the church with frescoes in a Russian style. In 1941, three of these monks were killed by Yugoslav Partisans. The monastery was deserted after World War II, and it fell into disrepair. Between 1954 and 1958, it was used by the Yugoslav People's Army to house soldiers. In 1959, it became a nunnery, and the nuns gradually restored the dilapidated monastery. During the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s, it was shelled by the Croatian Army, but without much damage to it. Today, the economy of the Duži Monastery involves beekeeping and the production of wine, rakia, and dairy products.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Манастир Дужи (in Serbian). Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina.
  2. ISBN 9781848854772
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42°42′22″N 18°15′43″E / 42.706226°N 18.261981°E / 42.706226; 18.261981

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