Piva Monastery

Piva Monastery Pivski Manastir Church of Sveta Bogorodica (the Theotokos) Church of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God
Piva Monastery
Religion
Affiliation	Serbian Orthodox
Leadership	Herzeg Metropolitan Savatija
Status	Active
Location
Location	Piva, Montenegro , Montenegro
Location of Pivski Manastir or Piva Monastery
Geographic coordinates	43°06′36″N 18°49′07″E / 43.11°N 18.8186°E / 43.11; 18.8186
Architecture
Completed	Original 1573, relocated in 1982
Materials	Stone

The Piva Monastery (Serbian: Манaстир Пивa, romanized: Manastir Piva), also known as the Church of Sv. Bogorodica or the Church of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God, is located in Piva, Montenegro near the source of the Piva River in northern Montenegro. Built between 1573 and 1586, it was rebuilt in another location in 1982. It is the largest Serbian Orthodox church constructed during the Ottoman occupation in the 16th and 17th centuries. Noted for its frescoes, the monastery's treasures also include ritual objects, rare liturgical books, art, objects of precious metals and a psalm from the Crnojevići printing press (1493–96), which was the first in the Balkans. These are displayed in the monastery's museum.