Category: Cultural heritage in Vrsi
In 2007., in the center of Vrsi, a chapel was built and dedicated. The chapel was erected in the same place where, according to the tradition, it existed in 1919.
How many chapels means to our locals, enough is to speak about flowers that are daily brought to honor the Virgin Mary, St. Ante and St. Michael whose statue and pictures are in the chapel.
This church is located on the islet of Zečevo, and it is mentioned in written sources since 1335. Beside the church itself there was a monastery of desert, which, like a church, was destroyed in the Turkish invasions. The statue of Our Lady is transmitted to Nin. Each year, the Lady is transferred from Nin to the church in Zeceva, followed by a parade of believers accompanying the boats. Our Lady’s Appearance is celebrated May 5, and the island is also on August 5th. For all believers, this is a unique event.
The church was built to commemorate the apparition of Our Lady of the apparition to the widow Jelena Grubišić 21.04.1516. It was completely restored in 1983 when a new bell tower with 1 bell was built.
In the center of today’s village is the parish church of St. Mihovil, the patron saint of the village whose celebration is celebrated on 29 September. The one-nave parish church was built at the end of the 17th and early 18th centuries.
On the Feast of St. Mihovil from the parish church starts the solemn procession through the place bearing the statue of our patron. It was built on the ruins of an old church that was devastated during the wars with the Turks.
The one-nave Romanesque church of St. Lovre 13th century craft served for the ritual purposes of the former Jasenovo settlement. Today, unfortunately, only the walls left her. All the locals have a great desire to renew this church. It is interesting that only around this church there were no graves found. This is why we find this in the existence of another church in the village of Jasenovo, the church of St. Michael.
Church St. Jakov is located in the area of the medieval village of Selina or Zloušana. The nineteenth-century church dates back to the late 11th and early 12th centuries. Around it was discovered many medieval graves (124), as the churches burial the deceased. The church is completely restored and its holy mass is held there during the season, on Sunday night.
Church St. Toma was located in the medieval village of the same name, which was probably named after the church.
The church originates from the 13th century and is built in the form of a trolley. The foundations that were excavated and decorated in 1961 testify to its existence. It is about 1 km east of the place, on the way to Poljica. We hope that in the near future, on this basis, we will renew the church in its original form.
