The Cetinjski manastir of the Serbian Orthodox Church (Orthodox Metropolis of Montenegro and the Littoral) in the historical capital of Montenegro, Cetinje, houses an renowned and very important treasury, which preserves manuscripts, incunabula, icons, liturgical objects and textiles.
Monastery complex represents a city-fortress and consists of the Church dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin, lodgings and a cemetery surrounded on the West by stone walls.
The Monastery was founded by Prince Ivan Crnojevic of Zeta in 1484 as the cathedral monastery of the Eparchy of Zeta. It is believed that the ktetor was inspired by the Venetian architecture, during his stay in Ancona, and was a three-nave basilica with the dome, with elements of Renaissance architecture.
The Monastery was devastated in 1692 and rebuilt in 1701 by Mitropolitan Danilo Petrovic-Njegos, above the remains of the court of Ivan Crnojevic. It was burnt and reconstructed in 1743 by Metropolitan Sava Petrovic Njegos. By the end of the 18th century the Monastery was devastated once more, rebuilt several more times and finally in 1927 rebuilt for the last time.

The Church of the Bogorodica in Cetinje was built by Ivan Crnojević (ZSp. 778-81 - na mestě glagolěměmь Cětině vь slavu i vь hvalu toe gospožde Matere Božie vь ime Roždьstva).
The Cetinje Monastery was built in 1484 (Marković 150).

The Monastery hosts important relics: right hand of St. John the Baptist, remains of St. Peter of Cetinje, particles of the True Cross, royal crown of Serbian king Stephen Uroš III Dečanski, icon of the Philermos Mother of God, etc.