Mileševa Monastery
The Mileševa Monastery was founded by King Vladislav, son of Stefan the First Crowned and grandson of Nemanjin, in the first half of the 13th century. This temple owes its reputation and high place in the church hierarchy to the fact that the body of Saint Sava was buried there.
The exact time when the church was built is not known. According to some sources, Vladislav began building the monastery in 1234, although some details on the frescoes indicate that it could have happened ten years earlier, when Vladislav was only a royal and governed the Crna Stena parish. In any case, it is certain that the monastery was built between 1219 and 1235.
Around 1235, King Vladislav built another chancel to bury the body of his uncle Saint Sava, who after a long journey through the holy lands of the East, fell ill and died in Bulgaria. The fact that Sava's body was buried in Mileseva raised the reputation of the monastery, which was ranked second in the church hierarchy, right after Studenica.
In Mileševa, in 1377, King Tvrtko was crowned king of Bosnia and Serbia, since Mileševa was at that time on the territory of his state, and in 1446, the ruler of Zahum, Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, added the title "Duke of St. Sava" to his title, so his state, which extended to Mileševa, was called Herzegovina.
The Turks sacked the monastery for the first time in 1459. At the end of the 16th century, they took the body of Saint Sava to Belgrade and burned it.
You can visit this center of spirituality every day, and more information about the monastery and its history can be provided by the monks of the monastery.
Contact phone for information: +381 64 8004 958, +381 62 289 781