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{{Short description|Serbian Orthodox monastery}}
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'''Blagoveštenje Monastery''' ({{langx|sr|Манастир Благовештење}}) is a [[Serbian Orthodox]] monastery in [[Ovčar-Kablar Gorge]] in Central [[Serbia]].

== Establishment ==
The date of establishment is subject of dispute because some authors believe it was established in 12th century<ref>{{cite book|title=Венац|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j10oAQAAMAAJ|year=1972|page=29| quote=... литица Каблара налази се манастир Благовештење. Његова старост је спорна: изгледа да је сазидан у ХII веку, ...}}</ref> while some authors point to 13th century.<ref>{{harv|Милеуснић|1997|p=6}}:"БЛАГОВЕШТЕЊЕ ПОД КАБЛАРОМ Манастир посвећен Благовестима П“ планином Каблар, у сливу Западне Мораве, налази се древни манастир Благовештење, основан још у XIII веку. "</ref> The first written records about the monastery are from 13th century.<ref>{{cite book|title=Православље|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zoAPAQAAIAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Издаје Српска патријаршија|page=46|quote=Манастир Благовештење помиње се у 13 . веку }}</ref>

The monastery consists of monastic church dedicated to [[Annunciation]] and several monastic residences and secondary objects that surrounds the church in elliptical shape, while the monastery is surrounded by tall stone walls on the Western and Southern side.<ref>{{cite book|title=Koraci|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNblAAAAMAAJ|year=1972|publisher=Kulturno-prosvetna zajedinica opštine Kragujevac|page=222}}</ref> The inscription above Western entrance of the monastic church says that it was built in 1602 by hegumen Nikifor and other members of monastic fraternity.<ref>{{harv|Милеуснић|2004|p=31}}<!-- :"Према сачуваном запису изнад западних врата, манастирска црква подигнута је (1602) „усердијем игумана кир Никифора са братијом“." --></ref>

== History ==
The first book printed in Belgrade, ''Gundulić's Four Gospels'' ({{langx|sr|Гундулићево четворојеванђеље}}), is kept in the treasury of the Monastery Blagoveštenje.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tasić |first1=Jelena |title=Manastir Vavedenje: Kraj klisure na tragovima baroka |url=https://www.danas.rs/drustvo/manastir-vavedenje-kraj-klisure-na-tragovima-baroka/ |access-date=9 August 2020 |publisher=Danas |date=18 December 2015}}</ref> It was printed in the [[Belgrade printing house]] in 1552.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tasić |first1=Jelena |title=Manastir Vavedenje: Kraj klisure na tragovima baroka |url=https://www.danas.rs/drustvo/manastir-vavedenje-kraj-klisure-na-tragovima-baroka/ |access-date=9 August 2020 |publisher=Danas |date=18 December 2015}}</ref> The Government of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia planned to evacuate most important manuscripts and old books and journals from former building of the [[National Library of Serbia]] to Blagoveštenje and packed all of them into 150 crates, but decision of Minister of Education [[Miloš Trifunović (politician)|Miloš Trifunović]] from 3 April 1941 canceled the evacuation.<ref>{{harv|Dedijer|1980|p=100}}: "I biblioteku je trebalo preneti u manastir Blagoveštenje kod Užica. Za ovaj slučaj je bilo spremno 150 sanduka. U 38 su upakovani rukopisi (svaki je bio težak preko 80 kilograma), u 22 iste težine, stare knjige, pisma i retki časopisi."</ref>

During [[Užice Republic]] the Communists led by [[Josip Broz Tito]] confiscated 200 hectares of land owned by the monastery and gave it to poor people.<ref>{{harv|Đoković|1973|p=30}}<!-- :"...ovaj odbor je na svojoj sednici od 21. oktobra 1941. godine doneo jednoglasno odluku da se oduzme zemlja od manastira Blagoveštenje koji je raspolagao sa preko 200 hektara zemlje,... Pošto je bilo vreme da se obavi jesenja setva, odbornici su došli na ideju da se jedan deo manastirskog imanja razdeli siromašnim zemljoradnicima, kako bi ga ovi obradili....Zemlja je davana u trajno vlasništvo, od nosno u svojinu. " --></ref>

In 1948 the former Serbian [[Pavle, Serbian Patriarch|Patriarch Pavle]] received monastic vows in the Monastery Blagoveštenje.<ref>{{harv|Радић|2005|p=16}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Serb Orthodox monasteries]]

== References ==

{{Reflist|30em}}

== Sources ==

{{refbegin|20em}}
* {{cite book

|last=Đoković
|first=Milan
|title=Užička republika
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o-vbzAEACAAJ
|year=1973
|publisher=Eksport-pres }}
* {{cite book

|last=Dedijer
|first=Vladimir
|title=Svedocanstva o drugom svetskomratu (témoignages sur la deuxième guerre mondiale)
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IRZyAAAAIAAJ
|year=1980
|publisher=Narodna knjiga}}
* {{cite book

|last=Милеуснић
|first=Слободан
|title=Српски манастири: од Хиландара до Либертвила
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OuSPAAAAMAAJ
|year=2004
|publisher=Српска књижевна задруга}}
* {{cite book

|last=Милеуснић
|first=Слободан
|title=Средњовековни манастири Србије
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E9BwAAAAMAAJ
|year=1997
|publisher=Православна реч}}
* {{cite book

|last=Радић
|first=Радмила
|title=Патријарх Павле: биографија
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGSQAAAAMAAJ
|year=2005
|publisher=Новости
|isbn=978-86-7446-090-0}}
{{refend}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book

|last1=Рајић
|first1=Делфина
|last2=Timotijević
|first2=Miloš
|title=Ризница прошлости: овчарско-кабларска клисура и њени манастири
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yB7ZAAAAMAAJ
|year=2005
|publisher=Легенда
|isbn=978-86-7784-007-5}}

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