Matejče Monastery

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Matejče Monastery
Monastery information
Full nameMonastery of the Most Holy Mother of God
Other namesMatejić
OrderSerbian Orthodox
Established1357
Dedicated toAscension of Holy Mother
Controlled churchesChurch of Ascension of Holy Mother
People
Founder(s)Stefan Uroš V
Site
LocationMatejče, Lipkovo Municipality, North Macedonia
Public accessyes

The Monastery of the Most Holy Mother of God (Serbian: Манастир Пресвете Богородице, Macedonian: Жеглиговски манастир), commonly known as Matejče (Матејче) or Matejić (Матејић), is a 14th-century Orthodox monastery located in the village of Matejče on the slopes of Skopska Crna Gora, near Skopje and Kumanovo. The village is inhabited by 89% Muslim Albanians and 10% Orthodox Serbs (2002 census).

The monastery was built in the 14th century on the ruins of an older, Byzantine Greek church built in 1057–59, as evidenced by preserved Greek inscriptions.[1][2] It was mentioned for the first time in 1300 in a chrysobull of the Serbian king Stefan Milutin (r. 1282–1321). In the mid-14th century, the Serbian emperor Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55) started reconstructing the monastery, finished by his son Stefan Uroš V in 1357 (thus becoming his endowment). Coins of Uros V has been found at the site.[3] Isaiah the Serb and Vladislav Gramatik lived in the monastery. In the 18th century the roof was removed by the Ottomans and put on the Eski Mosque in Kumanovo, after which it deteriorated. In 1926–34 the monastery was renovated.

It is designed in the cross-in-square plan (as is also Marko's Monastery and the Banja Monastery).[4] The dome bears the same exonarthex technique as Hilandar.[5] It was painted in 1356–57.[6]

The monastery was occupied and desecrated by Albanian insurgents and used as a base and munition storage during the Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia (2001).[7][8] Serbian Patriarch Pavle issued a statement to the UN regarding the destruction of Serbian monasteries in Kosovo, and the threat of destruction of monasteries in Macedonia.[9] The church exterior was not damaged, however, the interior and inventory were stolen or burnt.[9]

During the conflict, the surrounding area saw the forced expulsion of ethnic Serbian and Macedonian inhabitants, whose houses were set to fire, and who never managed to return to their homes.[10]

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References

  1. ^ "Radoslav M. Grujić : PRAVOSLAVNA SRPSKA CRKVA". Svetosavlje.org. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  2. ^ Marković 1920.
  3. ^ "Novac Cara Stefana Urosa V Nejakog (1355-1371)" (PDF). Ubs-asb.com. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  4. ^ Abstracts of Papers. Vol. 1–9. Byzantine Studies Conference. 1975. p. 37.
  5. ^ Воjислав Ђурић (1989). Dečani i vizantijska umetnost sredinom 14 veka: Medjunarodni naučni skup povodom 650 godina manastira Dečana septembar 1985. Primljeno na 9 skupu Odeljenja istorijskich nauka, održanom 25. novembra 1987; Ured. Vojislav J. Djuric. Српска академиj наука и уметности. ISBN 978-86-7025-033-8.
  6. ^ Richard Hamann-Mac Lean; Horst Hallensleben (1976). Die Monumentalmalerei in Serbien und Makedonien: Grundlegung zu einer Geschichte der mittelalterlichen Monumentalmalerei in Serbien und Makedonien. W. Schmitz. p. 34.
  7. ^ "ISTORIJSKA SANSA DA SRBI I ALBANCI POSTIGNU SPORAZUM" (PDF). Rastko.rs. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  8. ^ "Vreme 540 - Eksplozija krize u Makedoniji: Rat i(li) mir". Vreme.com. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  9. ^ a b "NATO Secretary-General and responded to Patriarch Pavle : The village was demolished, and the Church intact in Matejevac". Arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  10. ^ "Families of Kidnapped Macedonians Seek Final Closure". Balkan Insight. 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2022-01-25.

Further reading

  • Dimitrova, Elizabeta (2002). Manastir Matejče. Centar za kulturno i duhovno nasledstvo Kalamus. OCLC 55758039.
  • Marković, Vasilije (1920). Pravoslavno monaštvo i manastiri u srednjevekovnoj Srbiji. Srpska Manasterska S̆tamparija.
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