Marian Advocations of Serbia
Serbia honra a la Presveta Bogorodica (the Most Holy Mother of God) in her great medieval monasteries -Student, Gračanica, la Bogorodica Ljeviška- the jewels of the orthodoxy and World Heritage; in the apparition of Đunand, among the Catholics of Voivodina, Tekije, linked to the victory of 1716. Here we gather the orthodox and Latin rites, by region.
Marian Wonders and Anecdotes of Serbia
- Student - the white marble church of the Virgin, founded about 1190 by St Stephen Nemanja, with frescoes of the 13th century that are summit of Serbian art (World Heritage).
- Gračanica y la Bogorodica Ljeviška of Prizren - Marian jewels of King Milutin (14th century) in Kosovo, also World Heritage.
- Đun - according to the Orthodox tradition, by 1915 the Virgin appeared to a young pastoralist next to a fountain, which became a place of pilgrimage and of miraculous waters.
- Our Lady of the Snow of Tekije - His devotion joins the victory over the Turks in the battle of Petrovaradin on August 5, 1716, the feast of the Virgin of the Snow; tradition speaks of a protection from heaven in the middle of summer.
- Krušedol - monasterio- pantheon of the Branković dynasty in the Fruška Gora, the guardian of icons of the Mother of God.
Serbia central
Mother of God of Đunis
The advocation of the Mother of God of Đunis (Bogorodica Đuniska) belongs to the tradition of the Serbian Orthodox Church and is linked to a sanctuary that emerged in the people of Đunis, in central Serbia, around a fountain...
"Our Lady, Mother of God of Đunis, pray for us.
Our Lady of Kovilje
The Kovilje monastery is an ancient Serbian Orthodox cenobium, located in the mountains near Ivanjica, in central Serbia, and is dedicated to the Mother of God (Bogorodica); the venerated advocation is usually simply designated...
"Our Lady of Kovilje, pray for us.
Our Lady of Studenica
Kosovo y Metohia
Our Lady of Gračanica
The monastery of Gračanica is one of the great spiritual centers of Serbian Orthodox Christianity and is dedicated to the Sleeping of the Most Holy Mother of God (Assumption / Sleeping of the Virgin Mary).
"Our Lady of Gračanica, pray for us."
Our Lady of Ljeviška
Voivodina
Our Lady of Krušedol
The monastery of Krušedol, in the region of Fruška Gora (Voivodina, Serbia), is one of the most important spiritual centers of the Serbian Orthodox Church and is dedicated to the Mother of God (Bogorodica). [] According to tradition...
"Our Lady of Krušedol, pray for us.
Our Lady of Graces of Novi Sad
In the city of Novi Sad, in the province of Voivodina (Serbia), the main Latin Catholic church is the Church of the Name of Mary (in Serbian, "Crkva imena Marijinog"), located in the Plaza de la Libertad (Trg Slobode), in the heart of the...
"Our Lady of Graces of Novi Sad, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Snow of Tekije
According to local tradition, on the hill of Vezirac, next to Tekije, there was from the Middle Ages a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary, destroyed by the Ottomans in the 16th century and replaced by a small mosque and a tekke (inn...
"Our Lady of the Snow of Tekije, pray for us.
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