Duži Monastery

Duži Monastery, located about 12 km south of Trebinje, in the area of Trebinje Forest, traces its roots back to the late 17th century, when there was a small church on this site with auxiliary buildings where monks stayed and kept the livestock of Tvrdoš Monastery. After Tvrdoš was destroyed by the Venetians in 1694, part of the brotherhood moved to Duži and brought with them the remaining monastery relics, as well as the feast day of Tvrdoš - the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos.

Until the abolition of the Patriarchate of Peć in 1776, the monastery was the seat of the Metropolitan of Herzegovina, and after the First World War it was home to Russian monks from Imperial Russia, who painted the monastery. With the restoration of the Tvrdoš Monastery in 1992, Duži regained its original feast day - the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos, thereby renewing the special bond between these two important Herzegovinian monasteries.