The Uvacse Monastery is located in the village of Stublo by the river of the same name, at the point where the municipalities of Čajetina and Priboj meet. The environment of untouched nature hardly leaves anyone indifferent in today's time. In 1994, church walls measuring 17 x 12 meters were discovered and excavated at a large archaeological site.
The entire Uvac monastery complex is testimony to the existence of a large spiritual center in this region. It is still not known who the founder of the monastery was, how many times it was demolished and rebuilt. According to some traditions, which are impossible to prove or disprove, this monastery became popularly known as the church of Janja. On the pages of a church book from 1622, we learn that the Temple is dedicated to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The last demolition of this monastery took place at the end of 1697 or the beginning of 1698, when the monastery was looted and almost all valuable things were taken (valuable items, part of the church furniture, furniture...) and then set on fire. As the cells, dormitories, utility rooms and workshops were made of pine, the fire quickly engulfed the entire complex.
The original church was of smaller dimensions, which the monastery brotherhood expanded in the 16th and then in the 17th century by adding a vestibule, side choirs and expanding the altar apse. These renovations are evidenced by coins with exact minting years that were found during the last renovation of the monastery. A great wealth of plastic, rosettes, baptismal font, apprentices, parts of marble church furniture and objects made of iron and ceramics have been preserved. Unfortunately, the painting was completely destroyed, with the exception of partial fragments of the frescoes of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Simeon.
Above the valley on Orlić and Orahovica, the monastery in those old days owned pastures for the monastery's flocks. From there, the milk was transported to the monastery with chuns, and the canals in which the chuns were placed can still be recognized.
On the eastern side of the church, there is a vine that is several centuries old, which has become wild over time, and is the only witness to the duration, rise and fall of this shrine.
Thanks to the research and work of the National Museum from Užice, the Uvac Monastery was renovated, a consecrated church and an inn were built, and the entire complex was placed under the protection of the state. On the feast of Our Lady in 1995, the Monastery came back to life after almost three centuries.