Lovnica Monastery

The Lomnica Monastery (Manastir Lomnica), also known as the Lovnica Monastery, is the 16th century Serbian Orthodox monastery dedicated to Saint George. It is located near Šekovići in the region of Donji Birač in eastern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The region of Donji Birač contains many medieval necropoleis with the characteristic stećak tombstones and other archaeological artifacts. The monastery's church and dormitory are built on a narrow flat area on a hillside beside a stream called Lomnica, from which the monastery received its name. In the local accent, the consonant pair mn is often pronounced as vn, hence the form "Lovnica". As lov means "hunt" in Serbian, this gave rise to legendary accounts of the monastery's foundation that connect it in some way with hunting or hunters. According to one of the legends, the area of Lomnica was a hunting ground of the Serbian King Dragutin Nemanjić, and it was he who built this monastery. However, Lomnica was founded around 1570, after the Ottoman Empire sanctioned the restoration of the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć. It was first mentioned in 1578 in an inscription in a liturgical book. Its founders and ktetors were monks Genadije and Akakije, who were probably merchants, craftsmen, or landowners before embracing monastic life. The iconostasis in the church was painted by Longin,

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