{"id":216608,"date":"2026-08-18T17:45:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=216608"},"modified":"2026-08-18T17:45:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:45:50","slug":"sadness-in-bajina-basta-sava-abbot-of-raca-monastery-beloved-by-the-people-and-his-fellow-monks-has-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/sadness-in-bajina-basta-sava-abbot-of-raca-monastery-beloved-by-the-people-and-his-fellow-monks-has-passed-away\/","title":{"rendered":"SADNESS IN BAJINA BA\u0160TA: Sava, abbot of Ra\u010da Monastery, beloved by the people and his fellow monks, has passed away!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Longtime brother and abbot of Ra\u010da Monastery, Archimandrite Sava Risti\u0107, passed away on August 16 at the age of 88. He spent more than six decades at Ra\u010da Monastery, and during the final years of his life, he mostly served at the monastery&#8217;s metochion on Tara, dedicated to All Serbian Saints.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On the day of his repose, following the Holy Liturgy and Holy Communion, Archimandrite Sava spent time speaking with the faithful and guests. In the evening hours, he felt weak, and after several hours he passed away, according to a statement from the Diocese of \u017di\u010da.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Archimandrite Sava was born on May 14, 1939, in the village of Manastirica near Petrovac na Mlavi. He began his monastic life in 1954 at Vitovnica Monastery, and two years later moved to Dra\u010d\u0430 Monastery, where he was tonsured by his spiritual father, Abbot Hrizostom Paji\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7CnbgTp8QB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/bar-da-si-princ-kriminalac-a-ne-divlji-balkanac-dok-je-ceo-svet-napadao-djokovica-vedrana-rudan-ga-je-branila\/\">&#8222;BAR DA SI PRINC KRIMINALAC, A NE DIVLJI BALKANAC&#8220;: Dok je ceo svet napadao \u0110okovi\u0107a, Vedrana Rudan ga je branila!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201e\u201eBAR DA SI PRINC KRIMINALAC, A NE DIVLJI BALKANAC\u201c: Dok je ceo svet napadao \u0110okovi\u0107a, Vedrana Rudan ga je branila!\u201c \u2014 Serbiantimes.info\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/bar-da-si-princ-kriminalac-a-ne-divlji-balkanac-dok-je-ceo-svet-napadao-djokovica-vedrana-rudan-ga-je-branila\/embed\/#?secret=wWvDIsyhtM#?secret=7CnbgTp8QB\" data-secret=\"7CnbgTp8QB\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He later served with him at Rudenica and Ra\u010da monasteries. In Ra\u010da, he was ordained a hieromonk in 1963 and appointed as the monastery&#8217;s deputy abbot, and that same year he became the parish priest of the monastery parish in Ra\u010da and Solotu\u0161a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the repose of Archimandrite Hrizostom, he was appointed abbot of Ra\u010da Monastery in 1995. During his tenure, he continued the work of his spiritual father and made a significant contribution to the improvement and development of the monastery complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He completed the construction of a large residence with a treasury and library, while a fishpond for breeding trout and carp was also built on the monastery&#8217;s channels and watercourse. The water potential of the monastery&#8217;s watercourse was also used to build a small hydroelectric power plant, the statement from the Diocese of \u017di\u010da adds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2016, Archimandrite Sava had also spent most of his time serving at the metochion of Ra\u010da Monastery on Tara. 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