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44: 330: 319: 310: 301: 292: 272: 263: 254: 281: 406: 402: 224:. On the way from the monastery to the cross, 10 chapels were built of stone, appropriately painted. One of God's commandments is written in each of them. There is a spring of healing water near the monastery. There is also a chapel of the Holy Father Nikolaj Mirlikijski in the monastery. 213:, whose remains are still visible on one rock of Sokolska planina. On the same rock there is a gilded cross, 12 m high and weighing 2280 kg. The cross was placed 24 March 440: 376: 460: 209:
Monastery of St. Nikolaj was built on the plateau below Soko grad or "Nevesta sultanove", the most hated fortress by the
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The monastery itself has a boarding house with a spacious dining room, a museum and a workshop for monasticism.
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is located next to the monastery. It has a library, dining room, 32 bedrooms and other useful rooms.
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Monument to Bishop Nikolaj, 3 meters high, is the work of Darinka Radovanović, a sculptor from
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were also donated to the monastery by sister Krstana Tasić, a famous icon painter.
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The road, 2 km long, which leads from the monastery to the cross, is called the
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In the monastery is the nun by Jovana, born Sibyl Lehr, granddaughter of
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Magazin za nacionalnu geografiju, kulturu i tradiciju — Srbija plus
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of St. Bishop Nikolaj. Was built in 1994 and belongs to the late
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and every summer is the center of the international event
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and is dedicated to Bishop Nikolaj Lelicki and Zicko.
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Front view of Monastery
Denomination
Serbian Orthodox
Morava School
Serbian Cyrillic
Serbian Orthodox
Monastery
Soko Grad
Sokolska planina
Ljubovije
Serbia
St. Nicholas of Myra
St. Bishop Nikolai Velimirović
the world
from these areas
Bishop of Sabac-Valjevo Lavrentije
altar
relics
Moravian style
iconostasis
baroque
icons
frescoes
Ottomans
2000
Belgrade
Chicago
Alexander Löhr

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