Serbian Kovin Monastery
Serb Orthodox Church From Year 1487.
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| Monastery information | |
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| Full name | Serbian Kovin Monastery |
| Order | Serbian Orthodox |
| Established | 12th century |
| Dedicated to | The Dormition of Mother of God |
| Diocese | Buda |
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| Founder(s) | Queen Helena, the daughter of the Prefect of Raška Uroš I |
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| Location |
Ráckeve,  Hungary
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| Public access | Yes |
The Serbian Kovin monastery (Hungarian: Ráckeve ) is the oldest monastery in Hungary and one of the two monasteries in the Diocese of Buda of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It is situated 40 km south of Budapest, on the island of Csepel, in the center of the little town of Ráckeve (Serbian: Srpski Kovin ).
According to a preserved tradition, often neglected, this monastery has a medieval heritage and appeared in the first half of the 12th century. Queen Helena, the daughter of the Prefect of Raška Uroš I, and the wife of Hungarian king Bela II the Blind is mentioned as the founder of the monastery. At the time when the monastery was founded Hungary was being ruled by Helena instead of her underage son, Geza II (1141–1161).
After the Turks had besieged and for the first time conquered Smederevo Fortress in 1439, they crossed the Danube on two occasions and devastated and robbed Kovin and all surrounding villages. Those who escaped moved to the inland of Hungary and reached to the island of Csepel on the Danube. On October 10, 1440, Hungarian king Vladislav gave to the Kovin migrants the Early Gothic style church with chapels and bell tower, and with it, presumably, the corresponding part of the royal landholdings. From that time on, there is on Csepel, Upper (Serbian: Gornji) or Serbian (Serbian: Srpski ) Kovin, with the church dedicated to the Dormition of Mother of God with the chapels of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and St. Unmercenary Physicians and Wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian (the first on the southeast, the second on the southwest side).
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