MONASTERY OF SAINT LUKE, NIKŠIĆ, MONTENEGRO

The temple is dedicated to St. to the apostle Luke. According to old tradition, the monastery was founded by Vukan Nemanjić’s granddaughter in the 13th century. We have the most information about monastic life from the 17th and 18th centuries. Died by the Turks in 1853. It was rebuilt in 1881 by the foundation of Prince Nikola (raised for the soul of his uncle Prince Danilo). The current sisterhood has been in the monastery since 1997.