PILGRIMAGES

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The department of pilgrimages of SOYC of Banjaluka Eparchy organizes pilgrimages to monasteries and churches in the country and abroad several times in a month.

The main purpose of these trips is introduction to the spiritual centers of the Orthodox Church and life of monks in them. This is the source of close contacts with fraternities of a great number of monasteries.

Visit to the spiritual centers of our Church is not only an excursion, but active participation in religious services and life of a monk community itself.

Some of our pilgrimages…  
   
Monasteries of the valley of Ibar Monasteries in Fruska Gora

Journey lasting several days to monasteries: Studenica, Zica, Sopocani, Djurdjevi stupovi, and others. On return, visit to Belgrade : Cathedral, the Chapel of ST. Petka, and church “Ruzica” in Kalemegdan and church of St. Sava in Vracar.

The pilgrimage to the sacred places of Fruska Gora includes visiting monasteries: Hopovo, Ravanica, Krusedol, Grgeteg and Jazak. In monastery Krusedol there is a requiem for the late bishop of Banjaluka Andrej.
Manastir Djurdjevi stupovi
   
Monastery Mostanica and places of execution of Serbs Monasteries Gomionica, Liplje, Stuplje
One–day pilgrimage to monastery Mostanica and participation in the Holly Liturgy, and then visit to the memorial of the Serbian leader of rebellion against the Turks – Petar Pecija Popovic.

After that, pilgrimage to the places of Serbian execution in World War II: Gradina (a part of Jasenovac complex, where about 700 000 people were killed, mostly inhabitants of Banjaluka Eparchy) and Draksenic (“the graveyard of brains”, also a part of former Jasenovac complex).

One-day pilgrimages to monasteries of Banjaluka Eparchy are organized during celebration of monastery Slavas, and also several times during the year. The aim of each of these trips is learning about the spiritual and cultural centers of our eparchy that have existed for centuries.

Манастир Моштаница Капела манастира Моштаница Манастир Гомионица Манастир Гомионица
Стабло мучења Црква у Драксенићу Са О. Доситејем, Ман. Липље Манастир Ступље
Also included in pilgrimages:  
• Monasteries and churches of west Bosnia (monasteries Rmanj and Klisina)
• Monasteries of Ozren and the sacred places of Herzegovina
• Monastery Ostrog and the sacred places of Herzegovina
• Monastery Lepavina
• Krasnica in Cajnice (and monasteries Mileseva, Banja and Dubrun)

Contact persons for this Department:

• Zeljka Tomic
• Mladen Novakovic
 
 
             

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