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Nov 24, 2019 · Church of St. Sava is one of the biggest orthodox churches in the world and among largest Christian churches in the world. Detailed description, height, paintings, mosaique.
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''The Temple of Saint Sava'') is a Serbian Orthodox church which sits on the Vračar plateau in Belgrade, Serbia. It was planned as the bishopric seat and main cathedral of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
- A Dome Emerges from An Idea
- Construction Stop at The Cathedral of St. Sava
- It Finally Continues
The idea of building the Memorial Church of St. Sava was born on the occasion of the 300th anniversary (1895) of the burning of the bones of the first Serbian archbishop, teacher and saint Sava of Serbia. In 1904, a competition was held for the construction of the future large memorial church. As so often happens, there was initially no design that...
In the spring of 1941, the war drew ever closer and the construction site was secured as best as possible. Then the work stopped, and that for several decades. One reason was certainly that many of the structural construction documents were lost or destroyed. The funds needed for the construction also disappeared. After the war, there was initially...
The communist government of Yugoslavia under the leadership of Dušan Čkrebić, the president of the Serbian state presidency, relaxed the existing ban on building in 1985. In mid-May, a church service could finally take place in the foundation walls of the church. In 1989, the dome was placed in its intended position on the St. Sava Cathedral. It ha...
Oct 23, 2020 · Photo: EPA/KOCA SULEJMANOVIC. Mladen Aleksic. Belgrade. BIRN. October 23, 2020 13:33. In a land where faith and national identity are intertwined, the formal opening of the huge new cathedral...
Sep 16, 2019 · The church is dedicated to Saint Sava, the founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church and an important figure in medieval Serbia. It is built on the Vračar plateau, on the location where his remains were burned in 1595 by Ottoman Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha.
Feb 9, 2018 · The Church of Saint Sava is a Serbian Orthodox church located on the Vračar plateau, Belgrade, Serbia. It is the largest Orthodox church in the world and ranks amongst the ten largest church buildings in the world.
