Church in Croatia
The Jasenovac Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Јасеновац, Croatian: Manastir Jasenovac) is a Serbian Orthodox Monastery dedicated to the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. Belongs to Diocese of Slavonia, in Croatia.[1]
History
The Monastery was built in 1775.[1]
During the beginning of WWII, the monastery was destroyed.[1]
The monastery was restored and consecrated on September 2, 1984.[2]
During war at disintegration of Yugoslavia in 1991, the church was partially damaged and in May 1995 during Operation Flash, the church was desecrated and destroyed.[1]
In 2000, the church was restored by then the Bishop of Slavonia Sava Jurić proclaimed the Jasenovac Church of the Nativity Theotokos and St. John the Baptist as monastery.[1]
The abbot of this monastery was Amfilohije Zivkovic.[3]
Images
References
45°16′18.1″N 16°54′42.8″E / 45.271694°N 16.911889°E / 45.271694; 16.911889
External links
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