Rajinovac is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in the south end of Begaljica. While its date of founding is not known, it was first mentioned in the year 1528 in the Ottoman census of the Belgrade municipalities, listed as "Monastery of saint Rajko" - Manastir Svetog Rajka. The first major renovation of the monastery and church was completed by Knez of Begaljica Stevan Andrejević- Knez Palalija in the year 1793. The church is dedicated to the Nativity of the Mother of God.
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- Hannover, Brigitta Gabriela (May 2009). Serbien: Unterwegs zu verborgenen Klöstern und Kunstschätzen. Trescher Verlag. p. 157. ISBN 978-3-89794-144-1.
- Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod "Miroslav Krleža." (1987). Likovna enciklopedija Jugoslavije, Volume 2. Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod. p. 689. ISBN 978-86-7053-001-0.
- Kanitz, Felix Philipp; Bogoljub Jovanović (1904). Das königreich Serbien und das Serbenvolk: -2. bd. Land und bevölkerung. B. Meyer. p. 131. OCLC 657543104.
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