Ascension Church ( Serb. Vazneseska Church ) is the church of the Belgrade-Karlovac Archbishopric of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the capital of Serbia , Belgrade .
| Orthodox Church | |
| Ascension Church | |
|---|---|
| Vazneseska church | |
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| A country |  Serbia |
| Location | Belgrade |
| Denomination | |
| Diocese | Belgrade-Karlovac Archbishopric |
| Building | 1861 - 1863 years |
| Site | vazneseskaskatskrva.srb |
History
The construction of the temple began in the spring of 1861 at the initiative of Metropolitan Mikhail of Belgrade and Serbian Prince Mikhail Obrenovich for the needs of the military. The project of the new church was developed by Pavel Stanisic and Jovan Ristic, and the construction work was led by Joseph Stock. By the end of 1862 they were almost completed, and the artist Nikolai Markovich-Raspopovich was entrusted with the execution of the iconostasis. The church was consecrated on March 29, 1863 by Metropolitan Michael in honor of the Ascension of the Lord [1] . In 1881, a new iconostasis was created by Stevan Todorovich [2] .
In 1865, a church house was built in the courtyard, part of which was used by the Statistics Division of the Ministry of Finance. In 1886, the Ministry ceded its part of the Belgrade Lower Gymnasium. In the spring of 1891, the entire building was leased to the gymnasium, except for the basement, which was rented to private merchants. In July-September of the same year, a second church house was built. In 1906, the gymnasium moved to another building, and the Women's Teacher’s School, located there until 1935, was located in the house. Then this house was leased to various institutions and enterprises [1] .
On the western gate of the church there is a plate with the inscription:
From this churchOn October 5, 1912, with God's blessing, His Majesty King Peter I Karageorgievich went to the Balkan War , which he successfully completed and in this church as a victor thanked God for the victory granted.
Original text (Serb.)From the ove of the church 5. Octobra 1912, praised by God’s blessing, after His greatness the kings of Peter I of Karakorievi at the Balkans, whose middle and last and at the church of kao, the winner thank God for the victory granted
In 1914, a shell fired from the Austro-Hungarian monitor on the Sava River hit the northern wall of the temple. The shell did not explode, but got stuck in the wall and began to slide off gradually. In 1921 he was able to extract it. In December 1920, the current repair of the temple began, continuing until 1923. General repairs were carried out in 1937. Then the walls of the temple were painted by A. V. Bitsenko . The consecration of the restored church on October 17, 1937 was led by the locum tenens of the patriarchal throne, Metropolitan Dosifey of Zagreb [1] .
April 6, 1941 at 7 hours 10 minutes, during the German bombing , the courtyard of the church, on which people were hiding in a ditch, was subjected to airstrike. The temple was partially destroyed, and conifers planted in 1906 were torn out of the ground. Twenty days later, the Germans drove prisoners of war and Jews to search for the remains. In total, about 180 dead, buried in the New Cemetery, were taken out [1] .
In 1945-1947 the temple was partially restored. In 1958, the exterior was restored. In 1962, academic artist Yaroslav Kratina restored the frescoes and interior of the temple. The restored church was consecrated on November 25, 1962 by the Patriarch of Serbia German [1] .
A black marble cross is installed in the courtyard of the temple in memory of those killed during the bombing of 1941 [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 History (Serb.) . Vazneseska church (August 5, 2014). Date of treatment February 25, 2019.
- ↑ Vazneseska church (Serb.) . Plant for the protection of a spomenik in the culture of the city of Beograd. Date of treatment February 25, 2019.
- ↑ Bracočeviћ M. Vek and the Vaznesesk church (Serb.) . Politics (May 13, 2013). Date of treatment February 25, 2019.