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The Church of Saint Sava ( Serbian Cyrillic: Храм Светог Саве, romanized :Hram Svetog Save, lit. ''The Temple of Saint Sava'' [a]) 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.
- 7,000
- 4830 m² (exterior), 3,650 m² (interior)
- Serbia
- 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...
Sep 16, 2019 · The Church of Saint Sava is a Serbian Orthodox church located on the Vračar plateau in Belgrade, Serbia. It is one of the largest Eastern Orthodox church buildings and ranks among the largest church buildings in the world. The church is dedicated to Saint Sava, the founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church and an important figure in medieval ...
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St. Sava Church. You will see the monumental structure of St. Sava Church from whatever side you approach the center of Belgrade. It was erected on Vračar hill and it is one of the largest orthodox churches in the world. It was built where, according to legend, the remains of St. Sava, the most significant Serbian saint, the first archbishop ...
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Church History. BEGINNINGS. Serbs belong to the grand family of Slav nations. As early as 5th and 6th centuries AD they migrated from their ancient lands in Northern Europe to the Balkan Peninsular which, at the time, constituted northern regions of the Byzantine Empire. There they found a mostly deserted, devastated and pillaged territory ...
