Selo Jarušice u Lepenici i njegov manastir

Abstract

The history of the village of Jarusice in the area of Lepenica, i.e. Raca, is inseparable from the history of the church of St. Archangel Gabriel and the monastery of the same name. The village was mentioned for the first time in the census of 1476, only 17 years after the Turkish conquests, which would mean that it is older and existed before 1459. In the Turkish census from 1528-1530, the village of Jarusice was once again recorded in Lepenica county. In the census from the time of the Turkish sultan Murat III (1574-1595), there was again a mention of the church and monastery of St. Archangel. Apparently, the village, church and monastery were affected by the Austro-Turkish wars, 1688-1690 and 1716-1718 because the village was registered as deserted in the census. It was restored by newly settled inhabitants from Metohija, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, between 1737 and 1787. Already in the census from 1740, the village of Jarusice and the monastery of St. Archangel were mentioned again. The church and monastery suffered again in 1813- 1815. At that time, the village was divided into Gornje (Upper) and Donje (Lower) Jarusice. The ruins of the church were discovered by Petar Matijasevic, a farmer from the neighboring village of Guberevac. The church, as a single-nave building without a dome, was rebuilt at his own expense by Prince Milos Obrenovic in 1822. The builder was master Todor Petrovic, and the icons were painted by Janja Moler. The bell tower with the new bell was built in 1856-1860. Near the church are buried Petar Matijasevic (1854), head of Lepenica county Uros Cukic (1854), son of duke Pavle Cukic, as well as priests: Mijailo Bozic (1855) and his son Antonije (1883) and Ljubisav Popovic. Famous persons from Jarušice were: Panta Mihajlović (principal of the high school) and national hero Miloje Pavlovic (principal of the teachers' college). The church was restored by the efforts of priests Aleksije and Milovan Domanovic in 1893, and he dome was added. Malo Krcmare and part of Veliko Krcmare separated from the Jarusice parish in 1930. An addition to the chancel was completed in 1969, and a new church building and parish hall with a large hall were built in 2006. In 2022, the inhabitants of Gornje and Donje Jarusice and the surrounding villages with John, the bishop of Sumadija, celebrated the 200th anniversary of the church of St. Archangel Gabriel and the 550th year of the village's existence.