,,ЦРКВА ЗВАНА МАНАСТИР” ДЕЈАНОВАЦ И ПИТАЊЕ ШКОЛОВАЊА ПРАВОСЛАВНЕ ДЕЦЕ У ГРАДИШКОЈ РЕГИМЕНТИ ПОЛОВИНОМ 18. ВЕКА
DEJANOVAC ”A CHURCH CALLED MONASTERY” AND THE QUESTION OF EDUCATION OF ORTHODOX CHILDREN IN GRADIŠKA REGIMENT IN THE MID-18TH CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: The question of education of Orthodox children in Gradiška regiment arose in the mid-18th century with the request for renewal of Dejanovac monastery as a kind of educational centre in this regiment. Such application was submitted first to the bishop of Pakrac in December 1753 by regimental officers, and soon they were joined by the representatives of borderline Orthodox villages around Okučani. State authorities were examining this application at the end of 1756 and during the first half of the 1757 by organizing commissions for research in the field. The final decision was negative and, apart from the conclusion that the monastery had never existed, it was helped by the fact that, in the meantime, a public school was opened at the headquarters of Nova Gradiška. However, in addition to the school at the headquarters, due to the efforts of Gradiška regiment Orthodox officers led by then major, later colonel Jovan Miljević, a people’s school was established in the same town and it was independent from the church and state authorities.

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