Ostrog Monastery

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Ostrog Monastery is a famous Serbian Orthodox pilgrimage site in Montenegro, dramatically built into a vertical cliff and dedicated to Saint Basil of Ostrog.

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Ostrog Monastery canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Serbian Orthodox monastery
pilgrimage site
belongsToEparchy Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral
builtInto vertical cliff face
church Serbian Orthodox Church
containsRelicsOf Saint Basil of Ostrog
country Montenegro
dedicatedTo Saint Basil of Ostrog
distanceFrom approximately 15 km from Danilovgrad
approximately 50 km from Podgorica
elevation approximately 900 metres
foundedBy Saint Basil of Ostrog
foundedInCentury 17th century
foundedInYearApprox 1650
hasChapelDedicatedTo Holy Cross
Presentation of the Virgin
hasFeastDay 12 May (Saint Basil of Ostrog, Julian calendar)
hasFrescoesFrom 17th century
hasPart Lower Monastery
Upper Monastery
knownFor dramatic cliffside architecture
miraculous healings
locatedIn Bjelopavlići region
Danilovgrad Municipality
Rock of Ostrog
majorPilgrimageSiteFor Montenegrin Orthodox Christians
linked to: Montenegrins

Serbian Orthodox Christians
other Christian believers
openTo pilgrims of all faiths
overlooks Bjelopavlići plain
linked to: Bjelopavlići Plain
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
style rock-cut monastery
visitedAnnuallyBy hundreds of thousands of pilgrims

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Patriarch Irinej monasteryAffiliation Ostrog Monastery
Southern Montenegro hasReligiousSite Ostrog Monastery
subject linked to: southern Montenegro