Rezevici monastery

Reževići Monastery Манастир Режевићи
Reževići Monastery
Basic information
Location	Katun Reževići, Budva
Geographic coordinates	42°12′54″N 18°55′26″E / 42.2149°N 18.9240°E / 42.2149; 18.9240Coordinates: 42°12′54″N 18°55′26″E / 42.2149°N 18.9240°E / 42.2149; 18.9240
Affiliation	Serbian Orthodox Church
Municipality	Budva
State	Zeta (modern-day Montenegro)
Country	Montenegro
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral
Status	Activ
Heritage designation	=Serbian Orthodox Church
Leadership	=Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral
Website	[1]
Architectural description
Architectural type	Byzantine architecture
Architectural style	Serbo-Byzantine architecture
Founder	Nemanjić dynasty
Funded by	Stefan Nemanjić

Reževići Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Режевићи) or The Monastery of Rezevići is a medieval Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Katun Reževići village between Budva and Petrovac in modern-day Montenegro. The monastery has two churches. According to a local legend, the 'Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God' was built in the 1220s by Stefan Nemanjić (Stefan the First-Crowned), the first king of Serbia while the 'Church of the Archdeacon Stefan' was built by Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia in 1351.

The name of the monastery is derived from the name of the clan Reževići, one of clans of the Paštrovići tribe.

According to local legends, there was a column in front of a guesthouse on the road between Budva and Petrovac in the Kingdom of Serbia in which a wine vessel full of wine was kept for thirsty passersby. One legend says that Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse drank from this vessel during the First Crusade.

According to another legend, Stefan the First-Crowned, the first king of Serbia, drank wine from this wine vessel during his visit to his cousin, Venetian Doge Dandolo. Later, in 1223 or 1226, he allegedly built 'The Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God' (Serbian: Црква Успења Пресвете Богородице) near the guesthouse.

In 1351, a church dedicated to Saint Stephen—the 'Church of the Archdeacon Stefan' (Serbian: Црква архиђакона Стефана)—was built next to The Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God аgainst the order issued by Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia during his trip from Dubrovnik to Skadar. The column with wine vessel (kept full by the population of surrounding villages to show their hospitality) survived until the mid 19th century.