Monastery of St. George, Dobrilovina | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Serbian Orthodox Christianity |
Region | Potarje, Tara River Canyon |
Rite | Byzantine Rite |
Year consecrated | Before 1592; again in 1594 |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Mojkovac, Montenegro |
Territory | Eparchy of Budimlja-Nikšić |
Geographic coordinates | 43°01′40″N 19°24′03″E / 43.0278°N 19.4008°E |
Architecture | |
Style | Raška school |
Completed | 1609 (on an earlier foundation) |
Materials | Stone, wood |
The Dobrilovina Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Добриловина, romanized: Manastir Dobrilovina) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in Donja Dobrilovina, Mojkovac, northern Montenegro. It is located on the left Tara river banks, in a region known as Potarje, at the beginning of the Tara River Canyon, the deepest river canyon in Europe. The village of Dobrihnina (later Dobrilovina) was mentioned in a Nemanjić charter in 1253, though the oldest preserved mention of the monastery dates back to 1592, when the Ottoman authorities allowed the locals to rebuild their monastery in Dobrilovina. In 1609, the current standing church dedicated to St. George was finished; the frescoes were finished by 1613. This church has been pillaged, abandoned, destroyed and renovated several times since its founding.