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{{Short description|Orthodox Serb monastery}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
[[File:Rakovac Monastery in Serbia, 1885.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Rakovac monastery in 1885]]
[[File:Konak manastira Rakovac.JPG|thumb|right|230px|Rakovac monastery dormitory]]
The '''Rakovac Monastery'''  ({{langx|sr|Манастир Раковац|Manastir Rakovac}}) is a [[Serbian Orthodox Church|Serb Orthodox]] [[monastery]] on the [[Fruška Gora]] mountain in the northern [[Serbia]]n province of [[Vojvodina]]. The monastery of Rakovac with its church dedicated to the Holy Healers [[Cosmas and Damian]], as tradition has it, was founded by Raka Milošević, Chief Chamberlain to [[Despot (court title)|Despot]] [[Jovan Branković]], according to a legend written in 1704. The legend states that Raka erected the monastery in 1498. The earliest historical records mentioning the monastery are dated to 1545–1546. Inside, there are fragments of the frescoes on the walls which date from the first half of the 16th century. The baroque bell-tower was adjoined in 1735, and the residential building gained its final, three-range shape in 1771. The icons on the baroque iconostasis were painted by [[Vasa Ostojić]] in 1763, while the wall paintings in the refectory are 1768 works of [[Amvrosije Janković]].

Rakovac Monastery was declared [[Monuments of Culture of Exceptional Importance (Serbia)|Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance]] in 1990, and it is protected by [[Republic of Serbia]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ljMtAQAAIAAJ&q=jazak+monastery:+protection+of+cultural+monuments+of+serbia|title = The Monasteries of the Fruška Gora|isbn = 9788676391158|last1 = Kulić|first1 = Branka|last2 = Srećkov|first2 = Nedeljka|year = 1994| publisher=Provincial institute for the protection of the cultural monuments of Vojvodina }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Monuments of Culture of Exceptional Importance (Serbia)|Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance]]
*[[Tourism in Serbia]]
*[[Monasteries of Fruška Gora]]
*[[List of Serb Orthodox monasteries]]

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Rakovac monastery}}
*[http://www.psdzeleznicarns.org.rs/fruskogorski-manastiri/rakovac/ More about the monastery]

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[[Category:Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Serbia]]
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