Monastery of Đurđevi Stupovi, near Berane

The Đurđevi Stupovi Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Ђурђеви ступови, romanized: Manastir Đurđevi stupovi, lit. "Monastery of the Pillars of St. George") is a Serbian Orthodox monastery near the town of Berane, in northeastern Montenegro. It was founded by Stefan Prvoslav, the nephew of Stefan Nemanja, in 1213. Since 2019, it was the cathedral monastery of the Eparchy of Budimlja,[1] until the end of the 17th century. Today, it is the cathedral monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Budimlje-Nikšić in Montenegro.[2]

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