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Monastery Ostrog is situated 900 meters above sea level, carved high up in the cliffs, with easy access for visitors and an adventure one does not want to miss.The place where miracles happen. Monastery Ostrog a miracle build by nature and human interactions, carved almost in its entirety in a vertical mountain cliff, is today the pearl of Montenegrin spiritualism that is annually visited by more then a hundred thousand pilgrims from around the world and of all religions. After the Christ’s Tomb and the Holy Mount, the Ostrog Monastery is the third most visited holy place in the Christian world with its cave like chapel and monastery complex that preserves the sacrilege of Saint Basil the Orthodox Saint of Miracles.
It is located about 50 kilometers from the capital of Montenegro, Podgorica and about 15 kilometer from the second largest town in Montenegro - Niksic. The monastery is under jurisdiction of Serbian Orthodox Church and is the most popular pilgrimage destination in Montenegro not only of the Orthodox believers but also of Catholics and Muslims. Fixed to a large rock of Ostrog hill, the Monastery gives an impressive effect to anyone who directs a look toward it.
The unusual tranquil feeling experienced through the plain is soon replaced by the holy peace of the Ostrog cliffs, that for many centuries preserve the myths, legends, miracles and stories of freedom of people large and small that have traveled to them.
There are two parts to the monastery - the upper and lower monasteries. We reach in the Ostrog monastery on the parking of the Lower monastery, from where by local transport and through serpentines we reach the Upper Monastery. The upper monastery is a 3 km uphill from the Lower monastery.
Monastery Ostrog is situated 900 meters above sea level, carved high up in the cliffs, with easy access for visitors and an adventure one does not want to miss. Through the centuries, in the Ostrog region, in these unbelievable and unreal natural landscapes of Montenegro, the country was conceived in periods of peace and thru periods of hoping for freedom. Poets, writers, statesman, as well as just regular folks traveled to see this mystic, unique part of Montenegro.
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