Original scientific paper

Monastery living without a Monestary.

Slavko SLIŠKOVIĆ ; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu

Abstract

Dominicans in the Croatian territories operate from the twenties of the 13th century, when they beside other places also inhabit Zagreb. First they built a monastery at the outskirts of the bishop’s town, and later they move to the Gradec in the second half of the 15th century due to Ottoman conquests. They left the city due to the loss of the space of the missionary apostolate as well as the lack of a developed urban milieu that would enable their intellectual activity for which the members of the Order of Preachers in the 16th century opted for. Its subsequent rise to the political, cultural and ecclesiastical center of Croatia prompted white friars to return to Zagreb seven centuries after their first arrival. The monastery in the East of the city, in the Railway Colony, was opened in 1927. and continues to work until today. Over the past nine decades, it has developed various educational, media, cultural and ecclesiastical activities and there lived members who left a significant mark in the Church and social life of Croatia. Nevertheless, one period of the monastery’s past remained almost unnoticed and poorly explored. Those were the years 1944 and 1945 when, due to the allied bombings, the southern wing of the monastery was completely demolished and its remains became unsuitable for housing, while nine people were killed in
the ruins. In this paper, based on the original material, the author reconstructed the life of the monks in the mentioned time and their attempts to renew the monastery building in the difficult times of war and just after it.

Keywords

Dominicans; Bombing; Zagreb; Resnik; Samobor; Brezovica; 1944 and 1945

Hrčak ID:

199601

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/199601

Publication date:

21.12.2017.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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