Zlatibor

Brvnari churches

Today there are four wooden churches on Zlatibor. These are small churches that were once larger, and today are found only in the villages of Dobroselica, Draglica, Kuqani and Jablanica.

The church’s brvnara in Dobroselica from 1821 keeps the icons of Janko Mihailovi Мо Moller and Aleksije Lazovi.. Apart from Mitar Udovicic from the village of Stubla, the names of other builders are not recorded. All its archives and library were destroyed during the First World War, only a handful of books are preserved that are still in use today. According to legend, the hawk built that church as a ransom. The Turks set it on fire in retaliation against her in 1809, but a sudden downpour saved her. It was rebuilt in 1821, along with the cemetery, which was also founded by that hawk. The church is 7.60 m long, 5 m wide and 2.40 m high. The church was initially covered with tiles, but in 1938, with the help of the priest Blagoje шаiковиakovi., It was covered with tiles, which did not lose their original appearance. The altar of the corpse cabin is rounded, and the iconostasis is wooden and painted in blue, which imitates marble. On the north exterior, an inscription engraved in 1821 is engraved on the diary, indicating that the church was built or rebuilt at that time.

The church’s brvnara in Draglica from 2017 keeps the icon of the Mother of God brought from Athos by the abbot of the monastery Hilandar Meodije, the church in the place Zborishte was built by the founder Strahinja Kutesiќ, an entrepreneur from Italy. (originating from Draglica). The foundations of the temple were consecrated in March 2017, and the temple itself on June 6, on the feast of the Holy Trinity, to which the church is dedicated.

The church of Brvnara in Kuqani, located on the southern slopes of Zlatibor and quite far from all the larger ones, has a church dedicated to the Ascension of Christ. This wooden house with miniature dimensions (12 m2) was probably built in the 18th century, although it is often dated to the 18th century due to the preserved royal doors, the work of Simeon Lazovi.. Made in gilded carving and with representations of the prophet and the Annunciation, they – according to the preserved inscription – the painter presented to the “Church of St. Archangel 1780 “. Written sources mention two new churches (1772 and 1832) and there is no information about the change of its patron, so it can not be said with certainty that Lazovi.’S doors are intended for the church in which they are today. The wooden church in Peta, the village of Kuqani, is the smallest wooden church on Zlatibor. It houses the royal doors of Simeon Lazovi. From 1780. It was set on fire by the Turks during the First Serbian Uprising, and was rebuilt in 1832. He ceased to serve and his inventory was transferred to the church in Negbina, leaving only the door of great historical and artistic value, which disappeared.

The church of Brvnara in Dolna Jablanica was built in 1838, and is surrounded by smaller wooden buildings of prominent families from the village, the so-called собрашицама. The names of the builders remained unknown, but they appear to have been local, except for one, who was from Tara. The church is 11 meters long and 5 meters wide. The altar is rounded and the iconostasis is quite nicely shaped. There were wooden churches in other villages, but they were burned or destroyed by the Turks. There was one at the Krivorijec cemetery in Cerovo, whose foundations were known until recently, and it is believed that such churches were located in places called churches, which are found in almost all Zlatibor villages. Traveling through Zlatibor in 1826, Joakim Vujic visited the church in Cerovo and wrote about it in his book “Travels through Serbia”: The church, which is the temple of the Holy Prophet Elijah, kept records of this church from 1837 to 1860. The church in Mackat was built in 1859, and the inventory of this church was transferred to it.