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Kovilj Monastery, the Glossary

The Kovilj Monastery (Manastir Kovilj) is a 13th-century Serb Orthodox monastery in the Bačka region, in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina.^[1]

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18th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings
18th-century establishments in Serbia
Bačka
Christian monasteries established in the 18th century
Churches in Novi Sad
Culture in Novi Sad
Fortified church buildings
Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Vojvodina

Agrarian reform

Agrarian reform can refer either, narrowly, to government-initiated or government-backed redistribution of agricultural land (see land reform) or, broadly, to an overall redirection of the agrarian system of the country, which often includes land reform measures.

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Aksentije Marodić

Aksentije Marodić (Subotica, Serbia, 20 February 1838 – Novi Sad, Serbia, 20 March 1909) was a Serbian academic painter from Vojvodina.

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Andrej Ćilerdžić

Bishop Andrej (secular name Andreja Ćilerdžić; 21 August 1961) is a bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

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Andrew II of Hungary

Andrew II (II., Andrija II., Ondrej II., Андрій II; 117721 September 1235), also known as Andrew of Jerusalem, was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1205 and 1235.

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Arable land

Arable land (from the arabilis, "able to be ploughed") is any land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops.

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Archbishop

In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office.

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Archimandrite

The title archimandrite (archimandritēs.), used in Eastern Christianity, originally referred to a superior abbot (hegumenos, ἡγούμενος, present participle of the verb meaning "to lead") whom a bishop appointed to supervise several "ordinary" abbots and monasteries, or as the abbot of some especially great and important monastery.

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Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.

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Čenej

Čenej is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia.

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Šajkaška

Šajkaška (Шајкашка) is a historical region in northern Serbia. Kovilj Monastery and Šajkaška are Bačka.

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Bačka

Bačka (Бачка) or Bácska is a geographical and historical area within the Pannonian Plain bordered by the river Danube to the west and south, and by the river Tisza to the east.

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Bačko Petrovo Selo

Bačko Petrovo Selo (Бачко Петрово Село; Hungarian: Péterréve, German: Batschko Petrovo Selo) is a village located in the Bečej Municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia.

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Beehive

A beehive is an enclosed structure in which some honey bee species of the subgenus Apis live and raise their young.

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Brajkovac, Lazarevac

Brajkovac is a village situated in Lazarevac municipality, Šumadija District in Serbia.

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Brandy

Brandy is a liquor produced by distilling wine.

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Byzantine music

Byzantine music (Vyzantiné mousiké) originally consisted of the songs and hymns composed for the courtly and religious ceremonial of the Byzantine Empire and continued, after the fall of Constantinople in 1453, in the traditions of the sung Byzantine chant of Eastern Orthodox liturgy.

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Canon (basic principle)

The term canon derives from the Greek, meaning "rule", and thence via Latin and Old French into English.

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Charter

A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified.

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Cognac

Cognac (also) is a variety of brandy named after the commune of Cognac, France.

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Coronation of the Virgin

The Coronation of the Virgin or Coronation of Mary is a subject in Christian art, especially popular in Italy in the 13th to 15th centuries, but continuing in popularity until the 18th century and beyond.

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Danube

The Danube (see also other names) is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. Kovilj Monastery and Danube are Bačka.

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Drug rehabilitation

Drug rehabilitation is the process of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and street drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin, and amphetamines.

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Eparchy of Bačka

The Eparchy of Bačka (Bačka eparhija) is an ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Bačka region, Serbia. Kovilj Monastery and eparchy of Bačka are Bačka.

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Evliya Çelebi

Dervish Mehmed Zillî (25 March 1611 – 1682), known as Evliya Çelebi (اوليا چلبى), was an Ottoman explorer who travelled through the territory of the Ottoman Empire and neighboring lands during the empire's cultural zenith.

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Fenek Monastery

The Fenek Monastery (Manastir Fenek) is the male monastery in the eparchy of Srem of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Kovilj Monastery and Fenek Monastery are cultural Monuments of Great Importance (Serbia).

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Franciscans

The Franciscans are a group of related mendicant religious orders of the Catholic Church.

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Fresco

Fresco (or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster.

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Gabriel

In the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Baháʼí Faith), Gabriel is an archangel with the power to announce God's will to mankind.

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Grand Župan

Grand, Great or Chief Župan (Veliki župan, magnus iupanus, zoupanos megas) is the English rendering of a South Slavic title which relates etymologically to Župan (originally a pater familias, later the tribal chief of a unit called a župa).

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Hegumen

Hegumen, hegumenos, or igumen (ἡγούμενος, trans.), is the title for the head of a monastery in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, or an archpriest in the Coptic Orthodox Church, similar to the title of abbot.

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Hieromonk

A hieromonk (Ieromonachos; tr; Slavonic: Иеромонахъ, Ieromonah, Albanian: Hieromurg), also called a priestmonk, is a monk who is also a priest in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholicism.

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Hungarian Revolution of 1848

The Hungarian Revolution of 1848, also known in Hungary as Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1848–1849 was one of many European Revolutions of 1848 and was closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas.

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Hungary

Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Iconostasis

In Eastern Christianity, an iconostasis (εἰκονοστάσιον) is a wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a church.

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Jovan Rajić

Jovan Rajić (Јован Рајић; September 21, 1726 – December 22, 1801) was a Serbian writer, historian, theologian, and pedagogue, considered one of the greatest Serbian academics of the 18th century.

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Kingdom of Yugoslavia

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941.

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Konak (residence)

Konak (konak) is a name for a house in Turkey and on the territories of the former Ottoman Empire, especially one used as an official residence.

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Kovilj

Kovilj is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia.

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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect.

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Liqueur

A liqueur is an alcoholic drink composed of spirits (often rectified spirit) and additional flavorings such as sugar, fruits, herbs, and spices.

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List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church

This article lists the heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church, since the establishment of the church as an autocephalous archbishopric in 1219 to today's patriarchate.

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List of Serbian monarchs

This is an archontological list of Serbian monarchs, containing monarchs of the medieval principalities, to heads of state of modern Serbia.

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List of Serbian Orthodox monasteries

This is a list of Serbian Orthodox Christian monasteries in Serbia and near areas (Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, and Kosovo), also Romania, Hungary, Greece, Germany, United States of America, Canada, and Australia.

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Manasija

The Manasija Monastery (Manastir Manasija) also known as Resava (Ресава), is a Serbian Orthodox monastery near Despotovac, Serbia founded by Despot Stefan Lazarević between 1406 and 1418. Kovilj Monastery and Manasija are Fortified church buildings.

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Maria Theresa

Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure (in her own right).

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Metochion

A metochion or metochi (metóchion or metóchi; podvorie) is an ecclesiastical embassy church within Eastern Orthodox tradition.

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Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana

The Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana (Mitropolija zagrebačko-ljubljanska) is an Eastern Orthodox eparchy (diocese) and one of the five honorary metropolitanates of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

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Michael (archangel)

Michael, also called Saint Michael the Archangel, Archangel Michael and Saint Michael the Taxiarch is an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baha'i faith.

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Monastery

A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).

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Morava architectural school

Morava architectural school (italics, Моравска школа архитeктуре), also known as the Morava style (italics, Моравски стил), or simply as the Morava school (italics, Моравска школа), is an ecclesiastical architectural style that flourished in the Serbian Late Middle Ages (ca.

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Munich Serbian Psalter

The Munich Serbian Psalter (Minhenski srpski psaltir, Serbischer Psalter) is a 14th-century illuminated psalter written in Church Slavonic of the Serbian recension.

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National heritage site

A national heritage site is a heritage site having a value that has been registered by a governmental agency as being of national importance to the cultural heritage or history of that country.

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Novi Sad

Novi Sad (Нови Сад,; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia after the capital Belgrade and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina.

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Novice

A novice is a person who has entered a religious order and is under probation, before taking vows.

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Nut (fruit)

A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Paraćin

Paraćin (Параћин) is a town and municipality located in the Pomoravlje District of central Serbia.

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Paraskeva of the Balkans

Paraskeva of the Balkans was an ascetic female saint of the 10th century.

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Plum

A plum is a fruit of some species in ''Prunus'' subg. ''Prunus''. Dried plums are often called prunes, though in the United States they may be labeled as 'dried plums', especially during the 21st century.

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Politika

(lit) is a Serbian daily newspaper, published in Belgrade.

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Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch

Porfirije (Порфирије, Porphyrius; born Prvoslav Perić; born 22 July 1961) is the current and 46th patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

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Primer (textbook)

A primer (in this sense usually pronounced, sometimes, usually the latter in modern British English) is a first textbook for teaching of reading, such as an alphabet book or basal reader.

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Privilege (law)

A privilege is a certain entitlement to immunity granted by the state or another authority to a restricted group, either by birth or on a conditional basis.

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Privina Glava Monastery

The Privina Glava Monastery (Manastir Privina Glava) is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. Kovilj Monastery and Privina Glava Monastery are Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Vojvodina.

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Quince

The quince (Cydonia oblonga) is the sole member of the genus Cydonia in the Malinae subtribe (which also contains apples and pears, among other fruits) of the Rosaceae family.

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Rafailo Momčilović

Rafailo Momčilović (Serbian Cyrillic: Рафаило Момчиловић; 23 April 1875 – 3 September 1941) was a Serbian Orthodox cleric, abbot of the Šišatovac Monastery, and painter.

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Rakia

Rakija, rakia, rachiu, rakı or rakiya, is the collective term for fruit spirits (or fruit brandy) popular in the Balkans.

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Ravanica

Ravanica Monastery (Манастир Раваница / Manastir Ravanica) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on Kučaj mountains near Senje, a village in Ćuprija municipality, in central Serbia.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Saint Sava

Saint Sava (Sveti Sava,; Old Church Slavonic: ⰔⰂⰤⰕⰟ ⰔⰀⰂⰀ; Άγιος Σάββας; 1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1236), known as the Enlightener, was a Serbian prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law, and a diplomat.

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Salaš

Salaš (in Serbo-Croatian, Czech and Slovak, from Hungarian szállás meaning "house, accommodation") is a traditional type of property in the Pannonian Plain region, particularly in Bačka and Slavonia, with a family house and agricultural objects such as a barn, stable and granary, surrounded by arable land and pastures.

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Serbia

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Southeast and Central Europe, located in the Balkans and the Pannonian Plain.

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Serbian Orthodox Church

The Serbian Orthodox Church (Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches.

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Serbo-Byzantine architecture

The Serbo-Byzantine architectural style or Vardar architectural school (or "style"), is an ecclesiastical architectural style that flourished in the Serbian Late Middle Ages (ca. 1300–1389), during the reign of the Nemanjić dynasty.

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Stefan Dragutin

Stefan Dragutin (Стефан Драгутин, Dragutin István; 1244 – 12 March 1316), was King of Serbia from 1276 to 1282.

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Stefan the First-Crowned

Stefan Nemanjić (Стефан Немањић), known as Stefan the First-Crowned (Stefan Prvovenčani,; – 24 September 1228), was the Grand Prince of Serbia from 1196 and the King of Serbia from 1217 until his death in 1228.

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Syrmia

Syrmia (Ekavian separator or Ijekavian separator) is a region of the southern Pannonian Plain, which lies between the Danube and Sava rivers.

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The Last Supper (Leonardo)

The Last Supper (Il Cenacolo or L'Ultima Cena) is a mural painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to, housed in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy.

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Titular Bishop of Jegra

The Titular Bishop of Jegra (Викарни епископ јегарски) is a titular bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church, who also serves as the vicar bishop for the Bishop of Bačka.

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Treaty of Karlowitz

The Treaty of Karlowitz, concluding the Great Turkish War of 1683–1697, in which the Ottoman Empire was defeated by the Holy League at the Battle of Zenta, was signed in Karlowitz, in the Military Frontier of the Habsburg Monarchy (present-day Sremski Karlovci, Serbia), on 26 January 1699.

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Trinity

The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (from 'threefold') is the central doctrine concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three,, consubstantial divine persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, three distinct persons (hypostases) sharing one essence/substance/nature (homoousion).

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Uroš Predić

Uroš Predić (Урош Предић,; Orlovat, 7 December 1857 – Belgrade, 12 February 1953) was a Serbian Realist painter.

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Ustaše

The Ustaše, also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, was a Croatian, fascist and ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Movement (Ustaša – Hrvatski revolucionarni pokret).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kovilj_Monastery

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See also

18th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings

18th-century establishments in Serbia

Bačka

Christian monasteries established in the 18th century

Churches in Novi Sad

Culture in Novi Sad

Fortified church buildings

Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Vojvodina

References