{{Short description|Serbian Orthodox monastery near Budva, Montenegro}} {{Infobox religious building | building_name = Podmaine Monastery | infobox_width = | image =Montenegro, Budva - Podmaine monastery 03.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | map_type =Montenegro | map_size = | map_caption = | location = Podmaine, [[Budva]] | geo = {{coord|42.2979|18.8445|region:ME|display=inline,title}} | religious_affiliation =[[Serbian Orthodox Church]] | rite = | region = | state = [[Zeta under the Crnojevići|Zeta]] (modern-day [[Montenegro]]) | province = | territory = | prefecture = | sector = | district = | cercle = | municipality = | consecration_year = | status =[[Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral]] | functional_status = | heritage_designation = | leadership = | website = http://www.manastirpodmaine.rs/ | architecture = | architect = | architecture_type = | architecture_style = | founded_by = [[Crnojević noble family]] | funded_by = | general_contractor = | facade_direction = | groundbreaking = | year_completed = 15th century<ref name="http://www.insight-montenegro.com">{{cite web|title=Monastery Podmaine {{!}} Budva, Montenegro|url=http://www.insight-montenegro.com/en/destinations/coastal-region/monastery-podmaine-budva-montenegro.html|website=www.insight-montenegro.com/|access-date=27 July 2013|quote=The complex was made of the Smaller church dedicated to Uspenje Presvete Bogorodice and was built in XV century by Crnojevici.}}</ref> | construction_cost = | specifications = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | materials = | nrhp = | added = | refnum = | designated = }} The '''Podmaine Monastery''' ({{langx|sr|Манастир Подмаине|Manastir Podmaine}}) is a [[Serbian Orthodox Church|Serbian Orthodox]] [[List of Serbian monasteries|monastery]] built in the 15th century by the [[Crnojević noble family]] in Podmaine near [[Budva]], [[Zeta under the Crnojevići|Zeta]] (modern-day [[Montenegro]]).<ref name="http://www.insight-montenegro.com"/><ref name="Luketić1966">{{cite book|author=Miroslav Luketić|title=Budva, Sv: Stefan, Petrovac|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2YgNAQAAIAAJ|access-date=27 July 2013|year=1966|publisher=Turistički savez|page=147|quote=МАНАСТИР ПОДМАИНЕ У сјевероисточном дијелу Будванског поља, с де- сне стране пута који води за}}</ref> The monastery has two churches, smaller and older church of [[Presentation of Mary|Presentation of the Mother of God]] was built by [[Crnojević noble family]] in the 15th century while bigger church (of Dormition of the Mother of God) was built in 1747.
== Etymology == The name Podmaine (Pod-Maine) means "beneath Maine". [[Maine, Budva|Maine]] was a small [[Albanians|Albanian]] tribe with territory below [[Lovćen]], between [[Stanjevići Monastery]] and Budva.<ref name="Guzina1955">{{cite book|author=Ružica Guzina|title=Knežina i postanak srpske buržoaske države|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mkc9AAAAMAAJ|access-date=28 July 2013|year=1955|publisher=Kultura|page=47|quote=Говорећи о Маинама напоменуо је да су Маине — „као мала кнежина или племе под Ловћеном између манастира Стањевића и Будве"}}</ref> The monastery was the gathering place of the tribe, who traditionally held meetings on the [[feast day]] of [[St. George]].<ref name="Kalezić2002">{{cite book|author=Dimitrije M. Kalezić|title=P - Š|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gC7ZAAAAMAAJ|access-date=29 July 2013|year=2002|publisher=Savremena administracija|page=1501}}</ref>
== History == The exact year of establishment of the monastery is unknown. The church of Dormition of the Mother of God was built in the 15th century and reconstructed in 1630 while its larger church (Church of St. Petka) was built in 1747.<ref name="Simić1994">{{cite book|author=Pribislav Simić|title=Crkvena umetnost: pregled razvoja graditeljstva i živopisa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7aQvAQAAIAAJ|access-date=27 July 2013|year=1994|publisher=Sv. arhijerejski sinod Srpske pravoslavne crkve|page=325|quote=Манастир ПОДМАИНЕ или ПОД- ОСТРОГ, близу Будве, такоЬе има две цркве: Успен>а Богородице и Св. Пет- ке. Не зна се када је манастир основан; мала црква ]е обновљена 1630. године. Данашн>у већу цркву подигао ]е 1747}}</ref>
[[Metropolitan Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš]] died in Podmaine Monastery in 1735. He was buried in the monastery but his remnants were later moved to [[Cetinje]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Glasnik Cetinjskih Muzeja. Bulletin des Musées de Cétigné|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GxsNAQAAIAAJ|access-date=28 July 2013|year=1968|page=201|quote=У свом манастиру Подмаине владика је Данило и умро 11/22. јануара 1735. г. Ту је и сахрањен.15 Кад је Његош 12. октобра 1837. г.1в уступио Аустрији ма- настир Подмаине са свим његовим добрима за 17.000 форинти у сребру}}</ref><ref name="Đurović1969">{{cite book|author=Ratko Đurović|title=Crnom Gorom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pEJpAAAAMAAJ|access-date=28 July 2013|year=1969|publisher="Binoza," Grafički zavod Hrvatske|page=65|quote=...koji je kasnije prenesen na Cetinje i sahranjen na Orlovom kršu}}</ref> [[Dositej Obradović]] lived several months in the monastery when he visited Boka in 1764.<ref>{{cite book|title=Stvaranje|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-q8XAQAAIAAJ|access-date=27 July 2013|date=July 1960|publisher=Stvaranja|page=774|quote= У овоме манастиру провео је неколико мје- сеци Доситеј Обрадовић, кад је г. 1764 био дошао у Боку}}</ref>
In 1830 [[Petar II Petrović-Njegoš]], based on the request of the [[emperor of Russia]], sold Podmaine Monastery and Stanjevići Monastery together with their estates to the [[Austrian Empire]].<ref name="Strika1930">{{cite book|author=Boško Strika|title=Srpske zaduzbine: Dalmatinski manastiri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nqSxAAAAMAAJ|access-date=28 July 2013|year=1930|publisher=Tiskara "Merkantile"|page=256}}</ref>
Njegoš wrote parts of his masterpiece [[The Mountain Wreath]] in Podmaine Monastery.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Ćirilica|journal=Vreme|year=2003|url=http://www.vreme.rs/cms/view.php?id=350680|access-date=27 July 2013|language=sr|quote=U manastiru Podmaine nedaleko od Budve, gde je Njegoš svojevremeno pisao Slobodijadu i pojedine segmente Gorskog vijenca}}</ref>
== Frescoes == [[File:Podmaine-Tito.jpg|thumbnail|left|Controversial fresco]] Frescoes in the Church of St. Petka were painted by Rafail Dimitrijević from [[Risan]] in 1747 and Nicholaos Aspioti from [[Corfu]].<ref name="Rellie2008">{{cite book|author=Annalisa Rellie|title=Bradt Montenegro|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j39fWAZ8A5sC&pg=PA143|access-date=27 July 2013|year=2008|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-84162-225-5|page=143}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Stvaranje|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-q8XAQAAIAAJ|access-date=27 July 2013|date=July 1960|publisher=Stvaranja|page=774|quote=У близини манастира Подострога налази се манастир Подмаине с црквом св. Петке, коју је живописао зограф Ра- фаил Димитријевић г. 1747. }}</ref> The monastery was burned down in 1869.<ref name="Rossiter1969">{{cite book|author=Stuart Rossiter|title=Yugoslavia: the Adriatic Coast|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dN0bAAAAMAAJ|access-date=27 July 2013|year=1969|publisher=Benn|page=227|quote=The nearby monastery of Podmaine was burnt down in 1869, but the surviving church is decorated with wall paintings by Rafailo Dimitrijevid of Risan (1747) and has an iconostasis by Nicholaos Aspioti. }}</ref> In the 1979 earthquake the monastery was significantly damaged and in 2002 it was completely rebuilt and new frescoes were painted in the smaller church (dedicated to the [[Dormition of the Mother of God]]). According to some views one of the frescoes titled ''Sinful bishops and emperors'' ({{langx|sr|Лажни епископи и цареви}}) presents a former Yugoslav leader [[Josip Broz Tito|Tito]] and heads of the uncanonical [[Montenegrin Orthodox Church]] as [[Damnation|damned]] and handed over to devils who herd them down into [[hell]] in a modern version of the [[Last Judgment]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Miletić|first=Srboljub|title=Why not modern art?|url=http://www.svetosavlje.org/biblioteka/Knjige/Crkva%20sv%20Stefana/HramSvStefana013.htm|publisher=Svetosavlje|access-date=27 July 2013|language=sr|quote="Ипак, чини се да је најдаље отишао живописац у манастиру Подострог, у Маинама изнад Будве. На фресци сија петокрака са маршалске капе друга Тита, којег демон одвлачи у ватру пакла. Осим Броза, ту су и, по свему судећи, свештеници самозване Црногорске православне цркве. У углу стоји и опис: 'лажни епископи и цареви'.}}</ref>
==See also== * [[List of Serbian monasteries]] {{Commons category|Podmaine monastery}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Further reading == * {{Citation |last=P. Jovićević |first=Andrija |title=Drevni srpski Manastiri |trans-title=Ancient Serbian monasteries |orig-year=1930—1939 |year=2011 |publisher= Izdavački centar Matice srpske — Društva članova u Crnoj Gori |location= Nikšić |language= sr |isbn= 978-9940-580-05-6 }}
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