page_title: Ostrog Monastery
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Ostrog Monastery / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Ostrog monastery, Montenegro Español: Monasterio de Ostrog, Montenegro Français&#160;: Le monastère d'Ostrog au Monténégro, dédié à Saint-Basile d'Ostrog, est un lieu de pèlerinage réputé pour ses guérisons miraculeuses. Bosanski: Manastir Ostrog u blizini Nikšića, Crna Gora. Čeština: Pravoslavný klášter Monastir Ostrog, Černá Hora. Deutsch: Das Kloster Ostrog in Montenegro Magyar: Az Ostrog kolostor Montenegróban Italiano: Il Monastero di Ostrog in Montenegro. 한국어: 몬테네그로의 오스트로그 수도원. Nederlands: Het Ostrogklooster in de Montenegrijnse stad Nikšić. Русский: Монастырь Острог в Черногории.
context_page_description: The Monastery of Ostrog is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church situated against an almost vertical background, high up in the large rock of Ostroška Greda, in Montenegro. It is dedicated to Saint Basil of Ostrog, who was buried here. From the monastery, a superb view of the Bjelopavlići plain can be seen. The monastery is located in Danilovgrad Municipality, 50 km from Podgorica and 15 km from Nikšić. Ostrog monastery is the most popular pilgrimage place in Montenegro.
context_section_description: The Monastery was founded by Vasilije, the Metropolitan Bishop of Herzegovina in the 17th century. He died there in 1671 and some years later he was glorified. His body is enshrined in a reliquary kept in the cave-church dedicated to the Presentation of the Mother of God to the Temple.
  The present-day look was given to the Monastery in 1923–1926, after a fire which had destroyed the major part of the complex. The two little cave-churches were spared and they are the key areas of the monument. The frescoes in the Church of the Presentation were created towards the end of the 17th century. The other church, dedicated to the Holy Cross, is placed within a cave on the upper level of the monastery and was painted by master Radul, who successfully coped with the natural shapes of the cave and laid the frescoes immediately on the surface of the rock and the south wall. Around the church are the monastic residences, which together with the church building and the scenery make this monument outstandingly beautiful.
  During World War II, a detachment of Chetniks led by Blažo Đukanović and Bajo Stanišić took refuge at Ostrog up to October 18, 1943, when Yugoslav Partisans promised the Chetniks that their lives would be spared if they surrendered. Đukanović and 23 Chetniks peacefully surrendered, expecting to be spared, but were all killed by the Partisans at Ostrog. Stanišić and three members of his extended family initially did not surrender, but did not survive at Ostrog. There are different accounts on what happened to Stanišić and his family; sources contradict each other on whether Stanišić and his family were killed fighting the Partisans or committed suicide at Ostrog.
  The Orthodox monastery of Ostrog is one of the most frequently visited on the Balkans. It attracts over 100,000 visitors a year. It is visited by believers from all parts of the world, either individually or in groups. It represents the meeting place of all confessions: the Orthodox, the Catholics and the Muslims. According to the stories of pilgrims, by praying by his body, many have been cured and helped in lessening the difficulties in their lives.
caption: Upper church of Ostrog monastery
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