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Our Lady of Garić

The Pauline monastery of The Blessed Virgin Mary on the Moslavačka Gora mountain range (known as the Garić Pauline monastery or White Church) is the oldest Pauline monastery in present-day Croatia. Already in 1257 the documents mention the border with the hermits on Moslavačka Gora, and in 1273 there is first mention of The Blessed Virgin Mary’s monastic church. The Pauline monastery on Moslavačka Gora was active, at the latest, until 1540s, when, due to Ottoman threat, the monks moved their archives and, most probably, abandoned the monastery. In historical sources, the Moslavina Pauline monastery church is always defined as ecclesia beate virginis or ecclesia beate Marie virginis. Likewise, the Garić monastery is defined as claustro beate virginis de monte Garig, apart from the source from the year 1510, in which the monastery is defined as beate virginis de annunciacione sub Garyg. Besides the main altar consecrated to the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the monastery church had at least four more altars. This work shows that the mentioned church was a place of pilgrimage, particularly on Marian feasts, and one of its largest celebrations was the Feast of the Annunciation, when the great annual fair was held in front of the monastery. This work will also analyze obtaining indulgences for visiting and donating to Garić church, with special emphasis on the individual donations to the altar of the monastery church.

The Pauline monastery of The Blessed Virgin Mary on Moslavačka Gora, Pauline monasteries, Croatia, Middle Ages, Garić, Moslavina, churches

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