Banjska Monastery

Banjska monastery
Manastiri i Banjskës (Albanian)
Бањска Манастир /Banjska Manastir (Serbian)
View of the Banjska monastery church
Monastery information
Full nameМанастир Светог архиђакона Стефана - Бањска
OrderSerbian Orthodox
Established1317 (reestablished in 2004)
Disestablished16th century
Dedicated toSaint Archdeacon Stephen
DioceseEparchy of Raška and Prizren
People
Founder(s)King of Serbia Stefan Uroš II Milutin
Architecture
Heritage designationCultural monument of Exceptional Importance
Designated date26 August 1947[1]
Site
LocationHill near Zvečan
Country Kosovo
Public accessLimited

The Banjska Monastery (Albanian: Manastiri i Banjskës; Serbian: Манастир Бањска, romanizedManastir Banjska, listen) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in the Banjska village near Zvečan, Kosovo.

The monastery was the site of Banjska attack, an attack carried by Serb militants against Kosovo Police on 24 September 2023.

  1. ^ "Манастир Бањска". Central Register of Immovable cultural property. Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Serbia. Retrieved 1 August 2020.