- Address: Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
- Confession: Serbian Orthodox Church;
- Diocese: Zakhumi-Hercegovina;
- Type: male;
- Phone: +387 (0) 59 246 810.
Monastery Tvrdos - one of the most important and revered monasteries of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It was in this monastery that the holy Vasily Ostrozhsky, a Serbian saint, at the ark, with the relics of which many pilgrims are still looking for healing, took monastic vows. And it is in this monastery that the icon in gold frame and with diamonds is kept - the most expensive in Bosnia and Herzegovina .
History
The monastery of Tvrdos is built on the foundation of a tiny church of the 4th century, created in the era of Constantine the Great and his mother Helena of Anjou, whose foundation you can see through the glass floor in one of the halls. In the late 13th - early 14th centuries, with the participation of one of the best artists in the frescoes in Dubrovnik Vicko Lovrova, the building acquired frescoes (the remains of which were then found by archaeologists). Since that time and for more than two hundred years in the monastery metropolitans of Herzegovina began to live.
Throughout its centuries-old history, the monastery of Tvrdos has been destroyed several times and rebuilt. For example, during clashes between Turks and Venetians in 1694 the monastery was completely devastated by Venetians, and it was used as a fortress. But at the same time managed to save some of the relics - they were transported to the monastery Savina in Montenegro. In the early 18th century, attempts were made to restore the monastery. The monastery acquired its modern form in 1924 with the participation of one of the saints of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Vasily Ostrozhsky, who spent part of his monastic life in Tvrdos.
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Winemaking Center
The monastery in Trebinje is known for its wine. About 15 years ago, his monks decided to continue the old traditions of winemaking. They began to develop the old vineyards of Vranza and Zilavka, an area of 70 hectares, and also planted 60 hectares of young grapes (Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet and Syra) in Popovoye Pole.
Today the monastery in Trebinje has two cellars. In the first cellar - old and stone, built in the 15th century - Vranac ripens in centenary barrels of oak, and a new cellar equipped with modern technologies is located a little further.
Tvrdoshi wines produced with the use of modern technologies and traditions of monastic winemaking from grapes of well-known varieties and grapes, autochthonous for Bosnia and Herzegovina, won recognition and were awarded silver medals for quality. So do not forget to buy yourself or your relatives as a gift a few bottles, so that one evening, sipping a tasty wine from a glass, remember this warm and spiritual place.
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It is important to know
- Since the monastery of Tvrdos is a functioning monastery, it is better to dress appropriately for a visit. Although, even if you decide to visit him spontaneously, and you have open shoulders and knees, then at the entrance you will be given suitable clothes. But women can not cover their heads with a handkerchief, which can not but rejoice.
- Photographed inside the monastery is prohibited.
- To visit this place better alone or with well-known people. Just because the atmosphere there is very spiritual, and if next to you a crowd of unfamiliar people, then you can not fully feel the charm of this place.
- And very good news for those traveling by car - there is parking nearby. So you do not have to find a place to leave your car.
How to find?
The monastery is located in the southern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is built on the rocks in the village of the same name, on the right bank of the Trebishnica River , about 10 minutes drive from Trebinje. You can reach the monastery on the M6 road from Trebinje to Mesari, it takes no more than 10 minutes.
If you want to clarify any information, you can call the monastery at +387 (0) 59 246 810.