Kom Monastery
Religion
AffiliationSerbian Orthodox Church
Location
StateMontenegro
Architecture
Groundbreaking1415
Completed1427

The Kom Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Ком, romanized: Manastir Kom) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in Montenegro. It is located on the small island of Odrinska gora, close to Žabljak Crnojevića, where the Crnojević River flows into the western section of Lake Skadar. The Kom Monastery was built between 1415 and 1427, as an endowment of Đurađ and Aleksa Đurašević, members of the Crnojević noble family.[1] The monastery continued with the practicises of orthodox church, which had been greatly expanded during the earlier rule of the Balšići. The monastery also continued the tradition of building mausoleums. The oldest frescoes in the monastery are from the second half of the 15th century. For a short period of time, the monastery was the seat of the Zetan Metropolitanate. In the Kom Monastery in 1831, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš was appointed as the archimandrite of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro.

Kom Monastery in Montenegro
Kom Monastery in Montenegro

References

  1. Kalezić 2002, p. 1010

Sources

  • Dimitrije M. Kalezić (2002). I - O. Savremena administracija. p. 1010. ISBN 9788638706761. Retrieved 23 April 2013. КОМ, манастир са храмом посвећеним Успењу Прес- вете Богородице подигнутје између 1415. и 1427. год. на источним падинама острва Одринска гора, западно од Жабљака Црнојевића, као задужбина Ђурђа и Љеша Црнојевића, који се у историјским изворима иомињу између 1403. и 1435.
  • Istorijski Leksikon Crne Gore: K-Per ISBN 86-7706-168-1

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.