Rezevici Monastery

On the way from the city of Sveti Stefan to Petrovac there is a small monastery complex Rezevici. It stands in a picturesque place - near Mount Vostanitsa, on a wide plateau facing the sea.

This monastery got its name from the local Pastrovichi tribe Redevichi. According to legend, near the territory of the monastery there was a pillar on which local residents left a vessel with wine for travelers. King Stephen the First Wedding of the Nemanich family drank from it and ordered a church to be built on this site. This happened in the early 13th century, the first written mention of the monastery dates back to the 15th century.

Now the monastery complex consists of two churches, monastic cells and outbuildings. Over the years, the monastery was repeatedly destroyed and looted, but most of all it suffered during the Second World War, when in 1941 it was ravaged and burned by Italian troops.

The oldest church of the complex, dedicated to the Ascension of the Virgin, was built in the 13th century. There are wonderful frescoes painted in the 17th century. It is the smaller of the two monastic churches.

The church dedicated to the Holy Trinity was built here in the late 18th century, in 1770. It was built on the site of an earlier church dedicated to St. Stephen. The main value of this church is the iconostasis, painted by the master Marco Gregovich of Petrovac in the 19th century. In 1839, a high bell tower was added to the church, which still exists today.

After the earthquake of 1979, the monastery complex was restored again. Now all its buildings are under the protection of UNESCO as a historical and cultural heritage of the region.