Rajinovac

{{Short description|Monastery in Serbia}} thumbnail|Rajinovac Monastery '''Rajinovac Monastery''' is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in the south end of Begaljica. While its date of founding is not known, it was first mentioned in the year 1528<ref>{{cite book| last = Hannover| first = Brigitta Gabriela| title = Serbien: Unterwegs zu verborgenen Klöstern und Kunstschätzen| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_F7AGpr2gBwC| date = May 2009| publisher = Trescher Verlag| isbn = 978-3-89794-144-1| page = 157 }}</ref> in the Ottoman census of the Belgrade municipalities, listed as "Monastery of saint Rajko" - Manastir Svetog Rajka. The first major renovation of the monastery and church was completed by ''knez'' (Serb mayor) of Begaljica, Stevan Andrejić-Palalija in the year 1793.<ref>{{cite book| author = Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod "Miroslav Krleža."| authorlink = Miroslav Krleža| title = Likovna enciklopedija Jugoslavije, Volume 2| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=z_YuAQAAIAAJ| year = 1987| publisher = Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod| isbn = 978-86-7053-001-0| page = 689 }}</ref> The church is dedicated to the Nativity of the Mother of God.<ref>{{cite book |title=Das königreich Serbien und das Serbenvolk: -2. bd. Land und bevölkerung |url=https://archive.org/details/dasknigreichse01kaniuoft |authorlink=Felix Philipp Kanitz |last=Kanitz |first=Felix Philipp |author2=Bogoljub Jovanović |page=[https://archive.org/details/dasknigreichse01kaniuoft/page/131 131] |year=1904 |publisher=B. Meyer |oclc=657543104 }}</ref>

== See also == *List of Serbian Orthodox monasteries

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120306113512/http://pravoslavlje.spc.rs/broj/981/tekst/manastir-rajinovac/ Манастир Рајиновац - Православље - НОВИНЕ СРПСКЕ ПАТРИЈАРШИЈЕ]

Category:Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Belgrade Category:16th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings Category:Grocka Category:Cultural Monuments of Great Importance (Serbia)