Grgeteg Monastery — Attraction in Irig Municipality

Serbian Grgeteg monastery – Despot Vuk Grgurevic (Brankovic)1471

The Grgeteg Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on the Frushka Gora mountain in the northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. According to tradition, the monastery was founded by Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk (Despot Vuk Grgurevic) in 1471

Vuk Grgurevic Brankovic (ca. 1440 – April 16, 1485), was the titular Despot of Serbia from 1471 until his death in 1485. He inherited the title of despot (as an heir to the throne now under occupation of the Ottoman Empire), by King Matthias Corvinus, and ruled most of present-day Vojvodina - Serbia, under the overlordship of the Kingdom of Hungary. He is known in Serbian epic poetry for his valour and heroism, and is called Vuk the Fiery Dragon (Змај Огњени Вук), Vuk the Dragon-Despot, or simply the Dragon; he commanded the Hungarian army (Black Army) in several of its battles against the Ottomans. He is considered the founder of Grgeteg monastery.

Vuk Grgurevic Brankovic, in folk songs known as Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk-the Fiery Dragon Vuk), Serbian Despot (1471-16 April 1485), son of blind Grgur Brankovic, son of despot Djuradj Brankovic. In his youth, he was with the Turks, who helped his father to get the despotism of Serbia after the death of the despot George (1456).

When a Turkish mission to bring peace to Belgrade in 1465, there was Vuk among them. There he went to the service of the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus and became the commander of the Serbian troops in Srem(Vojvodina, Serbia) and its surroundings. Very brave and devoted, Vuk gained a great reputation, best illustrated by his, known name in the world, Dragon Fire Ogre. He is a hero of many folk songs, bugarcs and teners.

He fought with Hungarians against Czechs, Poles and Austrians, and especially against the Turks. He was named for the despot of Serbia in 1471 and received large estates in the area of today's Vojvodina, which once belonged to the despot of Djurdja: Kupinik (Kupinovo), Slankamen, Berkasovo, Bechkerek (Zrenjanin), Bijela Stijena and others.

According to the legend, he founded the Frushka Gora monastery Grgeteg and the church of Sv. Nicholas in Slankamen.

Vuk was married to Barbara Frankopan. As a despot, Vuk was especially celebrated in 1476, breaking into Srebrenica and fighting beneath Sabac and Smederevo.

In 1479 he commanded a Serbian cavalry in Boje near Kenmermez. The courageous attack on the Turkish center Hungarian and Serbian cavalry broke the Turkish army and forced the withdrawal. This battle suppressed Turkish attacks on Hungary in the next few years.

His smiling campaign in Sarajevo in particular was especially famous. He fought with success against the Turks in Serbia and in 1481, he brought about 50,000 people from around the area around Krushevac-Serbia, who were settled around Timisoara-Romania. In a constant struggle with the Turks, the despot died on...

The Grgeteg Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Гргетег,is a female Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. According to tradition, the monastery was founded by Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk (Despot Vuk Grgurević) in 1471.The earliest historical records about the monastery date back to 1545/1546. The monastery had been deserted before the 1690 Great Migration of the Serbs, but a renewal, undertaken by Bishop Isaija Đaković, took place in 1708. Around 1770, the extant baroque church was erected and it underwent restoration in 1898 under the guiding hand of Hermann Bollé. It was then that the residential buildings which enclose the church from all four sides were reconstructed. The first walled rocaille iconostasis in the church interior was painted and inlaid by Jakov Orfelin in 1774–1775. The extant iconostasis is a 1902 work of...

This is a perfect place and highly recommended. I visited here with two other friends and we both spoke highly of it. Especially the shop at the door is very worthwhile, very good price, the nun is very kind and enthusiastic, and gave us gifts. Such a quiet and comfortable monastery is in the mountains, and there are several similar monasteries on the outskirts of Novi Sad that are worth seeing. I will definitely...