Manastir i banja Vrdnik, Monastery and SPA Vrdnik

Na obroncima Fruske Gore u banji Vrdnik nalazi se manastir Vrdnik – Sremska Ravanica. Po predanju sazidan je pre 1521. godine.


On one side of the mountain Fruska Gora in Serbia, at SPA Vrdnik there is a monastery Vrdnik also called Sremska Ravanica. According to oral report from generation to generation it was built before 1521.

Njegova prava velika istorija počinje posle Velike seobe kada su se kaluđeri iz srbijanske Ravanice, koji su preneli telo Kneza Lazara do Sent Andreje, našli u ovom napuštenom sremskom manastiru. Tu su se naselili i 1697. godine doneli Lazarove mošti. Od tog trenutka manastir postaje središte kulta Kneza Lazara, istorijskog junaka koji utiče mnogo na formiranje srpske nacionalne svesti.

Its great history started after Great migration of Serbs (in 1690) when monks from Serbian Ravanica Monastery, who transferred relics of Knez (Prince) Lazar to St. Andrea in Hungary, found themselves in this deserted monastery. They settled in it and in 1697 they brought relics of Prince Lazar to the monastery. From that moment onwards, this place became a center point of Prince Lazar cult, a cult of a historic hero who influenced a great deal forming of a Serbian national consciousness.

U sremskoj Ravanici ležale su mošti Kneza sve do 1942. godine a potom su zbog Drugog svetskog rata, koji je besneo svuda, prenete u Sabornu crkvu u Beogradu. Konačno 1989. godine vraćene su tamo odakle su i krenule na viševekovno putovanje, u manastir Ravanicu kod Ćuprije gde i danas počivaju. U manastiru Vrdnik danas se nalazi kivot i samo deo moštiju Kneza Lazara (ključna kost).
In Sremska Ravanica monastery relics were kept till 1942. and later they were moved to Saborna Crkva (main Assembly Church) in Belgrade because of the second World War. Finally in 1989. they were returned to the place from which they went on a several centuries long journey – to monastery Ravanica near town Cuprija. Relics are in that monastery even today. In monastery Vrdnik reliquary of Prince Lazar and just a part of relics (clavicle) live today.





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Prva monografija o životu Princeze Olivere, kćeri Kneza Lazara, koja je posle boja na Kosovu data Sultanu Bajazitu kao zalog miru između Turske i Srbije objavljena je u Beogradu 2009. godine. Monografija je bazirana na pisanim izvorima i literaturi. Izdavač je Fond „Princeza Olivera". Više informacija o monografiji može se pronaći na sajtu www.princezaoliverafond.org.rs

First Monograph about life of Princess Olivera, daughter of Prince Lazar, who was given after Kosovo Battle to Sultan Bayazit as a peace guarantee between Serbia and Turkey was published in Belgrade in 2009. It is based on written sources and literature. The publisher is „Princess Olivera“ Foundation. More information can be seen on www.princezaoliverafond.org.rs

Današnja crkva nije prvobitna već je novija i datira iz perioda 1801. godine kada je početa njena gradnja. Zidana je deset godina i na Vidovdan 1811. godine je završena i osveštana.

Present church is not an old one. It is new and its construction started in 1801. Building of the church lasted for 10 years and in 1811. on Vidovdan it was finished and consecrated.


Kada uđete u crkvu pred vama se do samog neba uzdiže grandiozni ikonostas, možda najlepši ikad viđen. Ta uzvišena lepota na tren zaustavlja dah, otkucaje srca i otvara pred nemim posmatračem dimenziju večnosti. Iz starih slika i kitnjastih duboreza dodiruju vas minuli vekovi
i ćutke gledaju njihovi sveci. Ovaj ikonostas delo je bečkog đaka, velikog srpskog slikara Dimitrija Avramovića. Ikonostas je završio 1853. godine.
When you enter the church the magnificent iconostasis, maybe the most beautiful ever seen, ascends sky high in front of you. That majestic beauty takes for a moment breath away, holds heartbeat and opens before spectator`s eyes a dimension of eternity. From ancient paintings and wooden frame engravings past centuries touch you and silently their saints observe you. This iconostasis is a work of great Serbian painter Dimitrije Avramovic who was art student in Vienna. He finished iconostasis in 1853.





Manastir Vrdnik smešten je u Nacionalnom parku Fruška gora pa priroda koja ga okružuje miriše najdivnijim šumskim mirisima.
Monastery Vrdnik is situated in the National Park Fruska Gora so the nature that surrounds it smells with the most beautful wood sents!



Oni koji vole duge šetnje u prirodi mogu iz manstira poći nekom od staza i uživati u svežem planinskom vazduhu.
Walking lovers can take any path that goes from a monastery and enjoy in a fresh mountain air.




U banji Vrdnik nalazi se izvor termalne vode pa se posetioci mogu kupati i zimi i leti u lekovitoj vodi koja ima temperaturu 32 stepena celzijusa. Otvoreni bazen se koristi leti a zimi je u upotrebi zatvoreni bazen koji se nalazi u sklopu hotela Termal.
In Vrdnik SPA there is a swimming pool with natural thermal water. Visitors can swim summer and winter time in a healing water that has temperature of 32 C. Indoor swimming pool is in a hotel Termal complex.

Banja Vrdnik se nalazi na 60km od Beograda, 26 km od Novog Sada i 17km od mesta Ruma. Iz Beograda petkom ide autobus direktno za Vrdnik a svakodnevno ima više autobusa za Rumu. Iz Rume se može uzeti taksi koji u zavisnosti od broja putnika iznosi od 200 – 700din. Iz Novog Sada može se doći privatnom taksi službom „Mita“( tel : 063/502851) i „Gavrić“ ( tel : 064/1779918 i 064/2406205). Cena vožnje je 200din.

How to get there:
SPA Vrdnik is situated 60km away from Belgrade, 26km from Novi Sad and 17km from town Ruma. There is a bus to Vrdnik from Belgrade bus station every Friday. Every day there are lot of buses to Ruma (499RSD) and taxi service from ruma to Vrdnik (200-700RSD). From Novi Sad there is a taxi servise „Mita“ (tel: 063/502851) i „Gavrić“ ( tel : 064/1779918 i 064/2406205). The price is 200RSD.


 

Manastir Ostrog, Monastery Ostrog

Danas sam slucajno ponovo gledala slike sa letovanja i setila se odlaska u manastir Ostrog. Bilo je to fantasticno putovanje.

I was browsing through my holiday pictures today and I remembered a trip to the monastery Ostrog. It was fantastic voyage

Krenuli smo iz Tivta malo posle zore i vozili se do crnogorskih planina oko dva sata. Nismo isli poslednjih nekoliko kilometara peske uz sumsku stazu, sto bi inace bio red, vec nas je kombi uspeo uz uzan strm put. Ambisi pokraj puta izgledaju jezivo... mozda je ipak bilo bolje ici peske. A i stigli smo otprilike u isto vreme kad i pesaci.

We started from seaside town Tivat (which is situated in Boka Kotorska bay in Montenegro) just after the dawn and drove to mountains for about two hours. We didn`t walked for last few kilometres up the woods (which is the proper way to make pilgrimage to this very special place) but a van brought us up the steep narrow dusty road. Abyss by the road looks creepy... maybe it was better to go on foot. We anyway arrived at the same time as walkers that we passed by up the road.

Usput smo slusali pricu o zivotu Svetog Vasilija Ostroskog. Pripovedana u duhu starih vremena ozivela nam je tog skromnog coveka koji je voleo svoju veru i narod toliko da je postao Svetac. Njegove mosti leze u kivotu pod pokrovom i bivaju celivane svakoga dana bezbroj puta od strane ljudi koji na ovo sveto i cudotvorno mesto dolaze sa svih strana sveta. Mislim da sam videla i ljude drugih vera kako se saginju i ulaze kroz niski otvor u steni.

On our way we listened to the story about St. Vasilije Ostroski`s life. It was narrated in a spirit of old times and it brought to life again that modest man who loved his religion and his people so much that he became The Saint. His relics rests in a small monastery cell and are kissed every day by countless number of people who come from all over the World to this sacred and miraculous place. I am not sure but I think that I saw people of different religions leaning forward and entering through small hole in the rock
Ako imate neki problem mozete zamoliti svestenika da vam tu, pored kovcega ocita molitvu za vase spasenje, a mozete i spustiti papiric na kome su zapisana imena onih kojima zelite da se ocita molitva za zdravlje.
If you have a problem you can ask a priest to say a pray, there next to relics, for your salvation and you can also leave a piece of paper with names of persons for which you want a pray for health to be read later.

Posto su me dve osobe zamolile da i za njih ucinim nesto kada budem u kivotu vracala sam se dva puta da uradim po nesto sto sam zaboravila u prethodnim ulascima. I danas razmisljam o ta tri neplanirana uzastopna ulaska. Secam se da sam bila uznemirena da cu nesto od onog sto sam zamoljena da uradim zaboraviti i da necu ispuniti ono sto sam obecala. Ipak uradila sam sve. Kao da je neki nevidljivi zakon reda znao da sam donela sudbine tri razlicite osobe i vodio me kroz tri prolaska.

Since two persons asked me to do something while next to the relics I kept forgetting all the things I was to do. Therefore I had to come back to the cell two more times. I still think of those three unplanned entering to the cell. I remember that I was quite restless that I would forget to do some of the things I was asked to do and that I wouldn`t fulfill my promise. Yet I did it all. It was as some invisible law of order new that I brought destinies of three different persons so it led me through three entering into the holy place.

Manastir ima neobicnu arhitekturu. Prednja fasada je zidana a unutrasnji zid je stena u koju je manastir uklesan.

Na visim spratovima kule mogu se videti freske iz sedamnaestog veka. Pogled sa jedne od terasa oduzima dah.

Monastery has an interesting construction. The front side is built by constructors but the back side is a rock into which the monastery is carved. At the upper floors frescoes from 17^th century can be seen. The view from one of the balconies is breath taking.

U dvoristu manastira neki posetioci provode vreme lezeci na madracima. Citaju knjige, razmisljaju zagledani u nebo i verovatno komuniciraju sa Bogom. Kazu da leti mnogi tu i noce pod zvezdama.

In the monastery yard some people spend time lying on a huge mattresses. They read books, think while observing the sky and probably communicate with God. It`s been told that some of them sleep during summertime here under the stars.

Nekoliko mojih prijatelja posetilo je manastir Ostrog tokom proslih godina i svako od njih, pa cak i ja, doziveo je po neko cudotvorno iskustvo. Ako je neko od vasih prijatelja bio tamo pitajte ga da vam isprica svoj dozivljaj. Sigurna sam da ga je imao. Ako ste ga doziveli i sami volela bih da cujem...

Some of my friends visited monastery Ostrog in recent years. All of them, including me, had a miraculous experience there. If any of your friends was there ask him to tell you about his experience. I am sure he had it. If you had it I would love to hear...

Evo jedne takve price: Pre odlaska pod Ostrog slucajno sam dospela u manastir Svete Trojice koji se nalazi iza aerodrome u Tivtu. Tamo sam upoznala jednu zenu koja zivi u manastiru. Ona mi je ispricala da joj je cerka bila obolela od leukemije. U pokusaju da ucini sve za svoje dete molila je da joj se odobri da dete provede neko vreme u manastiru Ostrog. Nakon nekoliko meseci boravka u manastiru devojka je ozdravila. Ova i slicne price zvuce kao legenda, kao nesto izmedju istine i mita. Ipak kada je ispricana od strane zene koja je danas svoj zivot posvetila Bogu i ceka da se zamonasi... ne mogu drugo do da verujem.

Here is one of those stories: Just before going to Ostrog I visited monastery of Three Saints which was situated behind Tivat airport. I met a woman who lived there. She told me that her daughter got leukaemia. Trying to do everything to cure her child she asked permission for her daughter to stay for some time in the monastery Ostrog. After several months spent there the girl was cured. This story and similar stories sounds like a legend, something between truth and myth. Yet when it`s told by the woman who devoted today her life to a God and waits for permission to become a nun...I cant`s do else but believe.

U povratku posetili smo i donji manastir. Sijao je na suncu beli andjeoski kamen nekim stogodisnjim mirom. Jedna porodica cekala je na krstenje svog deteta. Ja sam sedela na klupi u hladu drveta i pila izvorsku vodu koju sam natocila u dvoristu gornjeg manastira.

On our way back we visited part of Ostrog monastery which is situated couple of kilometres down the road. The white angel stone of the building was shining under the Sun, with some centuries old tranquillity. One family was waiting for baptising of their child. I was sitting on a bench in the shade of a tree and I was drinking water that I took at the stream in the upper monastery.

Ostrog je mesto na koje cete se ako jednom odete, sigurno vracati.

Monastery Ostrog is a place where, if you come once, you will keep coming back