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Coordinates: 44°47′53″N20°28′6.74″E44.79806°N 20.4685389°E. For other uses, see St. Sava Church. Interior. Church of Saint Sava. 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.
- 7,000
- 4830 m² (exterior), 3,650 m² (interior)
- Serbia
- Architecture Competition For The Temple Was Conducted on 1906
- Construction of The Temple Began 1N 1935
- Construction of The Temple Was Burned After World War 1
- The Church Was Used as A Depot by The Germany Army
- It Is The Largest Church in Serbia
- President Vladimir Putin Visited The Church in 2019
- The Temple Is Protected by The State Laws
- The Temple Has 49 Bells
- The Temple’s Façade Was Donated in 2004
An architectural design competition for the construction of the future church was announced in 1906. The project was authorized by the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences which rejected all five applications. A series of wars such as the First Balkan War in 1912, the Second Balkan War in 1913, and World War I from 1914–1918, stopped all kinds of a...
After Forty years after the initial idea of the church, construction began on 10 May 1935. This is 340 years after the remains of Saint Sava were burnt. The cornerstone of the Temple was laid by Metropolitan Gavrilo of Montenegro. The church project was designed by Aleksandar Deroko and Bogdan Nestorović, helped by civil engineer Vojislav Zađina. T...
The building site was closed after World War II, this was because of the political situation and the position of communism ideology in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Due to the communist identity as an atheist, material and financial possibilities to help the continuation of construction were dimmed. This led to the unfinished buildi...
In 1941 The church incomplete building was used by the German Army as a depot. The Orthodox Church tried unsuccessfully to secure permission to complete the building. However, Permission to complete the building was granted in 1984. The church commissioned architect Branko Pešić to complete the project with new construction techniques. On May 12, 1...
St. Sava Temple is the largest Orthodox church in Serbia, it is also the largest Eastern Orthodox church. The church is among the largest churches in the world. In Serbia, the church building is the most recognized in Belgrade and also a landmark this is because the dome resembles that of Hagia Sophia. The layout of the church is symmetrical and ha...
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the temple in January 2019. During his visit, he announced that the Russian state would help in financing the remaining works in the mosaic cladding. The president also laid a stone in a mosaic to show his commitment to helping the temple. In 2020 president Putin was formally invited to attend the consecrati...
In May 2021, the Vračar plateau surrounding the church was declared a spatial cultural-historical unit. Due to this declaration, it was placed under state protection as the Saint Sava’s Plateau. This government decision on the plateau included, “symbolical, memorial, cultural-historical, architectural-urban and artistic values of the locality, whic...
The Temple has a total of 49 bells. Four of these bells swing freely on the southwest tower. The other remaining 45 bells are found at the carillon, which are the only ones in the Balkans. All 49 bells were manufactured at the Grassmayr Bell Foundry in Austria, Innsbruck. The bells were donated by private donations. The fourth-largest bell in the t...
In 2004, the exterior part of the church was completed. The façade was Donated by the Greeks, where marble slabs from Greek were installed.
Apr 30, 2020 · The Church of St. Sava (Храм Светог Саве / Hram Svetog Save: the Temple of Saint Sava) is one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world and generally one of the largest religious buildings. The church is dedicated to St. Sava, founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church, built on….
Oct 21, 2012 · The temple has been built on the Vračar plateau, on the location where, in 1595, St. Sava’s remains are thought to have been burned by Turkish Sinan Pasha. From its location, the temple dominates Belgrade's skyline and is perhaps the most monumental building in the city.
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.
Nov 1, 2017 · On the descent into Belgrade, the St. Sava Temple protrudes from the top of Vračar Hill like the city’s crowning jewel. But its grand white marble and granite facade topped with copper domes...
The Temple of Saint Sava, or Church of Saint Sava, is one of the largest orthodox churches in the world. Situated on the Vračar plateau in the Serbian capital of Belgrade, the church’s gigantic dome and soaring bell towers comprise one of the most notable landmarks in the city.
