Tvrdoš Monastery

{{Short description|Serbian Orthodox monastery}}

{{Expand Serbian|topic=struct|Манастир Тврдош|date=April 2015}}

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| location = Trebinje, Republika Srpska
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The Tvrdoš Monastery ({{langx|sr|Манастир Тврдош|Manastir Tvrdoš}}) is a 15th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery near the city of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 4th-century foundations of the first Roman church on the site are still visible.

The monastery, which is dedicated to the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos,{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvrdos.com/en/?page_id=300|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426233442/http://www.tvrdos.com/en/?page_id=300 |archive-date=26 April 2012|title=Tvrdoš Monastery}} was established during the 15th century, with a cathedral constructed around 1508 and painted with murals by Vicko Lavrov from Dubrovnik in 1517. The monastery remained a seat of the Metropolitans of Herzegovina until the Venetian overseas dominion destroyed it in 1694.{{cn|date=December 2024}} The current monastery building was constructed in 1924. Today, the monastery is renowned for its wine production (in particular from the local Vranac and Žilavka grape varieties) and its wine cellars, one of which dates to the 15th century,{{cite web |last1=Molitor |first1=Thomas |title=Bottled History: The Wines of Bosnia-Herzegovina |url=https://www.sommjournal.com/bosnia-herzegovina-wines/#:~:text=The%20two%20main%20indigenous%20grapes,never%20mind%20the%20average%20consumer.&text=The%20Vranac%20grape%20(thought%20to,important%20grape%20in%20Bosnia%2DHerzegovina. |website=The Somm Journal |access-date=2 February 2021 |language=en |date=1 November 2019}} which are a popular tourist attraction.

As of late 2016, the monastery remains on the Provisional List for status as a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Bosnia and Herzegovina Commission to Preserve National Monuments, [http://old.kons.gov.ba/main.php?id_struct=52&lang=4&action=view&id=1763 Manastir Tvrdoš]

On 6 March 2021, the retired Bishop of Zahumlje and Herzegovina (1992–1999), Atanasije was buried in the Chapel of the Resurrection of the Lord in the cemetery of the monastery.{{Cite web|title=Episkop Atanasije sahranjen u Trebinju - Društvo - Dnevni list Danas|url=https://www.danas.rs/drustvo/ispred-sabornog-hrama-u-trebinju-u-toku-sluzenje-opela-episkopu-atanasiju/|access-date=2021-03-06|website=www.danas.rs|date=6 March 2021 |language=sr-RS}}