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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.
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- Serbia
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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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 21, 2012 · Temple of St. Sava in Belgrade, Serbia. The (Orthodox) Temple of Saint Sava (Serbian: Храм Светог Саве) in Belgrade, Serbia is the largest Orthodox Church currently in use. The church is dedicated to St. Sava, founder of the Serbian church and an important figure in medieval Serbia. The temple has been built on the Vračar plateau ...
The Church 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. 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 presumed location of St. Sava's grave. His coffin had ...
Oct 23, 2020 · The great edifice is dedicated to St Sava, a 12 th-century prince and saint, the Serbian Orthodox Church’s first archbishop and one of the most important figures in Serbia’s history.
Oct 19, 2013 · Prince Miloš of Serbia January 13 (Julian), 1830, proclaimed St. Sava the patron saint of Serb schools and schoolchildren. On his feast day, students partake in recitals in church. The Temple of St. Sava in Belgrade, whose construction was planned to start in 1939 but actually began in 1985 and completed in 2004, is the largest active Orthodox ...
