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| Full name | Манастир Рача Manastir Rača |
| Order | Serbian Orthodox |
| Established | 1276–1282 |
| Diocese | Eparchy of Žiča |
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| Founder | Stefan Dragutin |
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| Location | Bajina Bašta |
TheRača Monastery (Serbian:манастир Рача /manastir Rača) is aSerbian Orthodoxmonastery 7 km south ofBajina Bašta,Serbia. The monastery was built byStefan Dragutin (1276–1282). The monastery became a place where Serbian rulers, nobles, and church dignitaries were buried. The monks translated texts fromAncient Greek, wrote histories, and copied manuscripts (the most famous scriptorium was in Rača, known as theRača School [sr] (Serbian:Рачанска школа /Račanska škola), which flourished from the sixteenth- to the eighteenth-century); they translated and copied not only liturgical but scientific and literary works of the period.[1][2]
History of Serbian literature owes most of the creativity to the Rača School and its alumni,Kiprijan,Jerotej,Čirjak,Simeon,Teodor,Hristifor,Gavrilo Stefanović Venclović, etc. Like the monks of Rača, it not uncommon for anonymous writers to be referred to by their first name and the name of the place with which their life or work is connected.
Turkish travel writer, dervish Zulih, also known asEvliya Çelebi noted in his travelogue of 1630 that in Rača Monastery there were 300 monk scribes, who were served by 400 shepherds, blacksmiths, and other staff. The security guard included 200 armed men.
During theGreat Turkish War in 1689 the monastery was partially destroyed by the invading Turks. In 1826 it was reconstructed after being burned down several times while Serbia was under the rule of theOttoman Empire.
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