Monastery of Saint Archangel Gabriel Manastir Svetog Arhangela Gavrila Манастир Светог Архангела Гаврила
Monastery information
Order
Serbian Orthodox
Established
1990
Diocese
Site
Location
Zemun municipality, Belgrade, Serbia
Map showing Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Syrmia
The Monastery of Saint Archangel Gabriel (Serbian: Манастир Светог Архангела Гаврила, romanized: Manastir Svetog Arhangela Gavrila),[1] also known as the Zemun monastery (Serbian: Манастир Земун, romanized: Manastir Zemun)[2] is a Serbian Orthodox monastery. Its church was built in 1786, on the site of an older church in the Donji Grad neighbourhood of Zemun (today part of Belgrade, Serbia). The monastery was officially established in 1990.[3]
The founder was , the president of the Zemun ecclesiastical province. After the dismantling of the quarantine zone (kontumac) in 1842, the church lost its importance and by the second half of the 20th century, it was abandoned. In 1981, the abandoned church was used by then jeromonah (present Bishop) Filaret. On his behalf, the church was renovated, as the frescoes were destroyed and the church was used as a weapon cache. In 1990, protosinđel Filaret gained a permit to build a temple (cathedral) of 3,000 m2 on the site of the church, however, the following year, newly elected Serbian Patriarch Pavle declined.
See also[]
List of Serb Orthodox monasteries
References[]
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^"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2012-01-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
