TIVAT BAY

Church of St Sunday 

(Sveta Nedjelja)


 Swathed by pines and silver olive trees it sits alone. Its red roof and cyan blue domes glinting in the afternoon sun.

St Sunday Church, Kotor bay, Montenegro by Flavia Brilli

Church, St Sunday,  Kotor Bay, Montenegro.

Church of St Sunday (Sveta Nedjelja) Tivat Bay by Flavia Brilli


Translated as either 'Holy Sunday, 'Saint Nedelya, or even as 'Saint Sunday', this orthodox church, built in 1867, sits on the crest of a mountain overlooking Tivat Bay close to Kamenari village. Even though today the meaning appears to refer to the holiness of the day of Sunday, it may have originally referred to the martyr Saint Kyriaki, or ultimately to Jesus Christ.



Church of St Ivan


Church of St Ivan, Bogisici, Kotor Bay, Montenegro

Church of St Ivan, Bogisici, Tivat Bay, Montenegro.


Church of Jovan and St Ivan


Church of St Jovan and St Ivan, Tivat Bay, Kotor Bay, Montenegro by Flavia Brilli

Situated in the Tivat village Bogisici on the Lustica Peninsula, only a smalll fence separates today these two ancient churches. Though the precise dates of these churches remains unknown, the Church of St. Ivan is known to be the oldest since medieval frescoes found inside are evidence of its earlier construction.


Church of St Jovan 





St Jovan Mozaic over door entrance of church, Bogisici, Kotor Bay
Mozaic of St Jovan over door entrance of church of St Jovan, Bogisici, Kotor Bay

View of the iconic Lovcen Mountain from the church of  St Jovan, Kotor Bay, Montenegro Flavia Brilli

View of the iconic Lovcen Mountain from the church of  St Jovan.





Views from St Jovan and St Ivan, Lustica Peninsula, Kotor Bay by Flavia Brilli

View of the iconic Lovcen Mountain from the churches of  St Jovan and St Ivan looking westward.



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