The name of the monastery comes from the Bezdin stream, located nearby, which forms reed swamps in the western part, creating a picturesque landscape. The monastery was once hidden in the surrounding dense forest, but the forest has now retreated towards Mureș, leaving a space between the dike behind the monastery and the bank of the Mureș.
According to historical documents, the construction of the monastery began in 1539, through the efforts of Iovan Iaksici from Nădlac, under the Serbian archimandrite Ioasaf Milutinovici and with the help of the faithful.
During the Ottoman occupation of Banat, the monastery was burned down by the Turks, but the monks continued to serve in a wooden church until the construction of the present church, after 1690, in the Byzantine style. The monastic complex, with the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God and the cells built between 1750-1800, was an important landmark for the Serbian community in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The year 1740 brought a new period of development under Abbot Teodosie Veselinovici, who fled here from Serbia with his congregation, bringing with them the miracle-working Icon of the Mother of God from Mount Athos.
In 1753, the painter Ştefan Tenețchi painted the iconostasis of the church, and in 1755 the woodwork was executed and a marble table was donated. The monastery mansion had over 52 rooms in 1771, including a chapel and refectory, and 16 monks served there.
In 1802, the painter Jacov Orfelin made a new iconostasis, and in 1833 important repair works took place. Between 1912-1922, the Serbian painter Ștefan Alexici created large pictorial compositions, now at the Serbian Orthodox Vicariate in Timișoara. Parts of the iconostasis painting and a large part of the monastery library are also found here.
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