Moštanica Monastery

Moštanica Monastery is one of the most beautiful monasteries of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the wooded foothills of Mount Kozara by the Moštanica stream, 12 km south of Kozarska Dubica. The exact date of its founding is not known, but tradition points to a history of at least five centuries. The first written mention dates from 1579. The church dedicated to Saint Archangel Michael is a monumental building: 23.4 meters long, 10.5 meters wide and 13.5 meters high, built of carefully cut stone, with a triconch plan and a single dome on free-standing pillars.

The entrance portal is unusually located on the south wall of the narthex. The church has been restored nine times. The monastery preserves the wax used to seal Christ's tomb, a stone from Christ's tomb, and a slipper from the relics of Saint Basil of Ostrog. An asphalt road leads to the monastery, and on August 19 the Feast of the Transfiguration is marked with Veče ojkače.