Daibabe - a man`s monastery
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Daibabe - a man's monastery
Daibabe - this is the name of the functioning monastery of the Montenegrin-Primorsky Metropolis of the Serbian Orthodox Church, located 4 kilometers from Podgorica on the eponymous mountain.
The monastery (the underground house of the Queen of Heaven, as St. Simeon called it) is dedicated to the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. It was founded by the monk Simeon (Popovich) in 1897, almost immediately after the liberation of Podgorica from the Turkish troops. Judging by the records left by the Monk Simeon, he founded a monastery in the place where the boy-shepherd from Zeta Petko Ivezich (later monk Platon) had a wonderful vision.
It happened in 1890: one day, when Petko grazed the sheep on the Daibab mountain, the saint appeared to him in a light episcopal garment and announced that the boy would take the herd from the mountain and build a church on this place. The Monk Simeon decided to help the young man in the fulfillment of the will of the saint. This plan was blessed by the metropolitan and approved by the Montenegrin king Nicholas I.
Thus, in the caves of the Daibabe mountain, a church appeared in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was consecrated on December 22, 1897.
In this monastery the Monk Simeon spent his whole life and died on April 1, 1941, his imperishable relics rest here ...
On April 29, 2010, at a meeting of the Holy Bishops' Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Simeon (Popovich) was canonized and revered as St. Saints. The day of his memory is March 19 (April 1, according to a new calendar).
The monastery is noteworthy because it has a miraculous origin. The very appearance of the cave determined the structure of the future monastery. The cave consists of three segments, the very nature of which are in the form of a cross. The main cave is the largest, there is an altar in it. The cave was expanded, and chapels were created on both sides. Outside it looks like an ordinary church, it has only a facade attached to the rock, and two bell-towers on the sides.
However, if we go inside, we will see a whole underground complex. The walls of the church are decorated with icons and paintings of the Monk. He gained wide popularity as a wise counselor, confessor and healer.
Thanks to its structure and the fact that the immortal relics of St. Simeon rest here, the monastery became widely known outside its own territory. Visiting the monastery is the goal of many pilgrims.
-Potapov Roman
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