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Ljubostinja (Serbian Cyrillic: , Serbian pronunciation: [ubstia]) is a Serbian

Orthodox monastery near Trstenik, Serbia. Located in the small mountain valley of the
Ljubostinja river. The monastery is dedicated to the Holy Virgin. The monastery was built
from the 1388 to 1405. In Ljubostinja were buried Princess Milica, Lazar Hrebeljanovi's
wife and Nun Jefimija, which after the Battle of Kosovo here became a nun along with a
number of other widows of Serbian noblemans who lost their life's in the battles on the river
Maritsa and Kosovo Polje. Today Ljubostinja is female monastery which preserves and
maintains about fifty nuns. During the rebellion of Koine, the people were invited on
rebellion from the Ljubostinje monastery. After the collapse of rebellion Turks burned the
monastery to revenge the Serbs, and most of the frescoes were destroyed. Also, when the
monastery was set on fire a secret treasure was discovered that was hidden in the monastery
wall behind icons in which the Princess Milica hid their treasure. Among the stolen treasure
was located Crown of Prince Lazar, which is now located in Istanbul.
Monastery Ljubostinja was built with stones, while the facade are painted to imitate masonry
of stone and bricks. The monastery was built in the Morava Style. The builder is master Rade
Borovi, whose name is on the threshold of the passage from the narthex to nave. Paintings is
only partially preserved, and it was built on two occasions. In the narthex are portraits of
Prince Lazar and Princess Milica made by Hieromonk Makarije. From the painting works are
still preserved: "Great Holidays," "Passion," "Miracles" ... The church also have very valuable
iconostasis, which was painted by Nikola Markovi in 1822.
Ljubostinja was declared a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1979, and it is
protected by Republic of Serbia.