Donji Brčeli Monastery

The Donji Brčeli Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Доњи Брчели, romanized: Manastir Donji Brčeli), also known as Donje Brčele (Доње Брчеле), or simply Brčeli (Брчели), is a Serbian Orthodox monastery including the Church of St. Nicholas, located near the village of Virpazar in the Crmnica region of Montenegro.

It was founded by Jelena Balšić (1365–1443),[1] daughter of Prince Lazar of Serbia and wife of Zetan lord Đurađ II.

The village of Brčele had earlier been granted by King Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–31) to the Monastery of St. Nicholas on the Vranjina island.

[3] Šćepan Mali, the impostor pretender of Russian Tsar Peter III, who managed to rule Montenegro from 1767 until his death in 1773, was buried in the monastery.

[1] Petar II Petrović-Njegoš sent Bishop Nikifor of Užice to Brčeli upon his arrival at Morača from the Principality of Serbia.