Manastir Šišatovac

Šišatovac Monastery In addition to being considered one of the most magnificent shrines on Fruška Gora, the Šišatovac Monastery stands out from other monasteries in the area because it is known exactly when it was built and who built it. The history of the Šišatovac monastery records that this shrine was originally dedicated to St. Nicholas, that the Šišatovac monastery on Fruška Gora was often called the Remetski monastery or Remetica, because it is located at the very source of the stream of the same name. It is known that the Šišatovac monastery on Fruška Gora was built by the monks of the Žiča monastery, who came to this monastery fleeing the Turkish army and their oppression. At the head of the monks was Father Theophanes, that is, Theophilus. The history of the monastery records the information that the monks demolished the original church dedicated to Saint Nicholas and in its place in 1520. built a church dedicated to the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary. From the second half of the 16th