stoljeća odlučili podignuti samostan u području Travnika i za mjesto gradnje odabrali Guču Goru. Na podizanju samostana i crkve osobito je radio fra Marijan Šunjić. 30. general Franjevačkog reda izdao je dekret o osnutku samostana u Gučoj Gori. I samostan i crkva imali su tragičnu sudbinu. godine partizani su zapalili obje zgrade, požar je progutao sve što je u samostanu bilo vrijednoga, prije sve
ga arhiv i knjižnicu, brojna umjetnička djela, crkveno ruho, oltar, orgulje kao i bogatu ostavštinu fra Marijana Šunjića. Ubrzo poslije požara počele su pripreme za obnovu samostana i crkve koja je stavljena pod krov 1946. Sličnu sudbinu crkva i samostan, koji je dvije godine bio zapovjedno mjesto Armije BiH za ratne operacije, doživjeli su i u nedavnom ratu kada su potpuno opljačkani, devastirani i demolirani. Danas se crkva i samostan, u kojem žive sedmorica franjevaca koji neumorno rade na obnovi, iznova rađaju. The Franciscan Monastery in Guča Gora
Bosnian Franciscans in mid-19th century decided to build a monastery in the Travnik region, and they chose to build it in Guča Gora. Bishop Marijan Šunjić was particularly active in the construction of both the monastery and the church. On May 30th, 1859, the General Minister of the Franciscan Order issued the decree establishing the Guča Gora Monastery. The fate of both the church and the monastery was tragic. In February of 1945 partisans set both buildings on fire, which in turn destroyed everything that was of value in the monastery, including the archive and the library, numerous works of art, vestments, the altar, the organ, as well as the rich legacy of bishop Marijan Šunjić. Shortly after the fire the preparations began for the reconstruction of the monastery and the church, which was roofed in 1946. A similar fortune struck the monastery during the last war - the monastery was for two years used as a military headquarters for the BH Army - when it was completely pillaged, devastated and damaged. Today, the church and the monastery, inhabited by four Franciscans determined in their work on the reconstruction, are being reborn anew. Browse our library:
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