A contemporary of the Golubac Fortress
Tumane Monastery
It is not known what the church and monastery complex of Tumana looked like when it was created, but it is known that throughout the Middle Ages and the time of the Ottoman Empire, it was demolished, looted, and burned. In Turkish censuses, it was mentioned for the first time in 1572-1573, and then during the time of Sultan Murat III in the 16th century. At the end of the 17th century, before the First Great Migration of Serbs in Tuman, Patriarch Arsenije Charnojevic III and Count Djordje Brankovic met with the intention of inciting the Danube Serbs to revolt against the Turks.
Endowment of Milosh Obilic
Tumane, according to tradition, was created as an endowment of the Kosovo hero Milosh Obilic, who is believed to have lived and ruled a part of today’s Branichevo. Hunting in the woods near the monastery, Obilic inadvertently wounded the hermit Saint Zosim. In the place where the monastery is now, the saint begged to be taken down with the words: “Leave me here and let me die.”
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Monastery of the Eparchy
of Braničevo
The Tumane Monastery flourished at the end of the 20th century, during the time of the abbess Matrona, when, among other things, the interior of the church was remodeled and completely painted. Since 2014, Tuman has been restored to its historical status as a male general monastery, and today it is the most numerous male monastery in the Braničevo eparchy.
Near the monastery, a kilometer away, is the hermitage of Saint Zosimos, who lived in one cave and prayed in the other. There are no preserved historical data about the exploits and life of Venerable Zosim, and he belongs to a group of Hesychast monks, known as the Sinaites, who settled in Serbia during the time of Prince Lazar. Near the hermitage is a spring that is attributed with miraculous properties.
Ambient beauty on the one hand and spiritual peace on the other, as well as the presence of holy places, make the Tuman monastery valuable both in a spiritual and cultural-historical sense.
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Golubac
At Golubac, the Danube is the widest in its entire course. Here, the width of the river is over 6 km and it irresistibly resembles the sea.
It is located in northeastern Serbia, 130 km southeast of Belgrade.