New Gračanica Monastery
42°22′27″N 88°00′14″W / 42.374028°N 88.003972°W
New Gračanica Monastery (
Diocese of New Gracanica - Midwestern America. It has 300 acres of land, making it the 6th largest monastery among the 80 American Orthodox Christian monasteries.[1]
History
Built on land that the Most Holy
Mother of God Serbian Association purchased in 1977, New Gračanica Church and the main building on its grounds dedicated to the feast of the "Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God" were completed and consecrated in 1984.[2]
Architecture
It is an architectural replica of the original
World Heritage List, but built in a scale eighteen percent larger than the original.[2] New Gračanica has detail such as hand-carved wooden entrance doors depicting twenty-three monasteries and churches from various regions of Serbia.[2]
Frescoes
In 1995 famed
Byzantine style it features richly colored designs and religious scenes covering the walls, vaults, pillars and dome of the church. The frescoes painted by Fr. Theodore like other contemporary icon painters are done in acrylics on dry plaster
.
See also
- List of Serb Orthodox monasteries
- Serbs in USA
- Serbs in Canada
- Serbs in South America
- Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Monastery and Seminary
- Monastery of St. Paisius, Safford
- Saint Petka Serbian Orthodox Church
- St. Pachomious Monastery
- St. Xenia Serbian Orthodox Skete
- St. Archangel Michael Skete
- Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Milton, Ontario
- St. Nilus Island Skete
References
External links
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