The Bišnja Monastery
The Bišnja Monastery (
Serbian : Манастир Бишња ,
romanized : Manastir Bišnja Serbian Orthodox
monastery dedicated to the
Intercession of the Theotokos and located in the village of
Donja Bišnja , 5 kilometres from the town of
Derventa , in
Republika Srpska ,
Bosnia and Herzegovina . It was built through financial support from its
ktitor , Ratko Đekić from
San Diego ,
California .
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[2] Its construction began in 2002 on the land that Đekić donated to the Serbian Orthodox Church, and the monastery was consecrated on 18 June 2006. Its first inhabitants were two monks who came from the
Ozren Monastery and the
Monastery of St. Basil of Ostrog, Bijeljina . The frescoes in the Bišnja Monastery's church were completed in 2011. The monastery owns an orchard of 1800 apple and pear trees, from whose fruits the monks produce
rakia .
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Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church , Slovenia
Serbian Church in Arad , Romania
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St. Nicholas Serbian Church, Timișoara , Romania
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St. Sava Church, Paris , France
Saint Spyridon Church, Trieste , Italy
Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, Stockholm , Sweden
Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Komárno , Slovakia (in care of
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