Manasija Monastery: A History

But Manasija Monastery, although it received guests from every side, both from its founding and in its later restorations, and certainly in the 19th century as well, was first and foremost a place where many known and unknown monks pursued the ascetic struggle and walked the monastic path. In the second half of the 19th century numerous black-robed monks led the monastic life in Manasija - the Manasija community included the hieromonks Emilijan and Gerasim in 1862, 1863 and 1864,¹¹⁸ the hieromonks Emilijan and Maksim and the deacon Lazar in 1865,¹¹⁹ the hieromonks Emilijan, Maksim and Lazar in 1866,¹²⁰ the hieromonk Emilijan and the deacon Mojsej in 1867,¹²¹ the hieromonk Emilijan in 1868,¹²² the hieromonks Emilijan and Samuilo in 1869,¹²³ the hieromonks Emilijan and Melentije in 1870,¹²⁴ the hieromonks Samilijar and Samuilo in 1871,¹²⁵ the hieromonks Emilijan and Makarije in 1872, 1874, 1875 and 1876,¹²⁶ the hieromonks Emilijan and Nićifor in 1873¹²⁷ as well as in 1877 and 1878,¹²⁸ the hieromonks Kornelije, Emilijan and Nićifor in 1879,¹²⁹ the hieromonks Emilijan and Jovan in 1880,¹³⁰ the hieromonks Emilijan and Janićije and the monk Konstantin in 1882 and 1883,¹³¹ the hieromonks Milutin and Janićije and the monk Konstantin in 1884,¹³² the hieromonks Janićije and Teodosije and the monk Konstantin in 1885,¹³³ the hieromonks Janićije and Konstantin in 1886,¹³⁴ the hieromonk Isaija in 1887,¹³⁵ the hieromonk Sozontije around 1890,¹³⁶ the hieromonk Ilarion in 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896,¹³⁷ besides the abbot Miron, also the hieromonk Miron and the hierodeacon Rafailo in 1897,¹³⁸ the hieromonks Ilarion and Rafailo in 1898,¹³⁹ the hieromonks Ilarion and Milutin and the hierodeacon Dositej in 1899,¹⁴⁰ the hierodeacon Sava/Savo in 1899,¹⁴¹ and the hieromonks Ilarion, Sava (perhaps the same person as the hierodeacon Sava)¹⁴² and Dositej and the hierodeacon Milutin in 1899/1900.¹⁴³