Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade Serbia
Last time when i came the church in 2011, it is still constructing. If you you close this area I suggest to visit the Chuch. Next to the chuch is the national Library. I liked the library more
Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade, Interior
Saint Sava Church Crypt Belgrade Serbia
Serbian Orthodox Church Sveti Sava Kripta Beograd Srbija
YUGOSLAVIA: BELGRADE: SERBIAN CELEBRATE ORTHODOX EASTER
Serbo-Croat/Nat
Now the war is over, Serbians are celebrating Orthodox Easter with a sense of peace and hope for the future.
With their Easter falling one month after that of other Christian denominations, most Serbians see it as symbolic of a new beginning.
But for post-war Serbia's 550-thousand registered refugees, struggling to make ends meet, the start of a new and better life is still far away.
Since the fall of Communism, the Orthodox Church has had a renaissance in Serbia.
No longer suppressed, Serbians have turned to the church seeking traditional values and observing its religious holidays.
Following the Julian calender, Orthodox Easter falls on April 27th.
Belgraders flocked to the St. Alexander Nevski church to celebrate the holiday - one of rebirth and regeneration.
The church sees itself as one of the leaders of Serbia's regeneration and a unifier of the country following the five-year war in former Yugoslavia, which tore it apart.
SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat)
We had the misfortune that they (communists) ruled for 50 years and still rule. So, the Serbian Orthodox Church has a great task ahead to, God willing, help spiritual, religious and national rebirth of our people, that Man may become filled with love for one's fellow human beings in order to eliminate all hatred.
SUPER CAPTION: Father Ljuba Petrovic, Head of St. Alexander Nevski Church, Belgrade
Belgraders hurry to market places for the last-minute purchase of eggs which are traditionally painted at home on Good Friday in bright colours of red and green.
However, for Serbia's refugees, Easter is another reminder of the lives they left behind because of the war.
There are 600 refugees at the collective camp of Krnjaca, 10 km from the Serbian capital of Belgrade.
They are among some 550-thousand registered refugees living in Serbia after the war.
Milka, a 39-yr. old refugee from Croatia, remembers bygone days.
Sitting beside her 12-year old daughter Lela, who is suffering from Cerebral Palsy, Milka talks of the difficulties she faces every day to make ends meet and care for her daughter.
SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat)
We gather what we can to mark (Easter), it cannot be as it was
before but what can I do, I have to come to terms with it.
SUPER CAPTION: Milka, Croatian refugee
Patriarch Pavel, Head of the Serb Orthodox Church, holds the midnight service on Easter Saturday in Belgrade Cathedral.
He leads his congregation around the church, circling it three times, in homage to the Christian Holy Trinity - God, his son Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
The ritual is symbolic of the sufferings of Christ and his resurrection, but it is also an apt analogy for present day Serbia.
Candles are lit both in memory of the deceased and in hope for the living.
For the refugees of Serbia, however, hope is not enough as they try to rebuild their lives amidst an uncertain future.
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orthodox cathedral... Belgrade, Serbia (Southeastern Europe)
Saint Sava's Serbian Orthodox Church
Three hundred years after the burning of Saint Sava's remains, in 1895, the Society for the Construction of the Cathedral of Saint Sava on Vračar was founded in Belgrade. Its goal was to build a cathedral on the place of the burning. A small church was built at the future place of the Cathedral, and it was later moved so the construction of the Cathedral could begin. In 1905, a public contest was launched to design the church; all five applications received were rejected as not being good enough.
Soon, the breakout of the First Balkan War in 1912, and subsequent Second Balkan War and First World War stopped all activities on the construction of the church. After the war, in 1919, the Society was established again. New appeals for designs were made in 1926; this time, it received 22 submissions. Though the first and third prize were not awarded, the second-place project, made by architect Aleksandar Deroko, was chosen for the building of the Cathedral.
Forty years after the initial idea, construction of the church began in May 10, 1935, 340 years after the burning of Saint Sava's remains. The cornerstone was laid by bishop Gavrilo Dozic-Medenica (the future Serbian Patriarch Gavrilo V).
The project was designed by Aleksandar Deroko and Bogdan Nestorovic, aided by civil engineer Vojislav Zadjina.
The work lasted until Second World War Axis occupation of Yugoslavia in 1941. The church's foundation had been completed, and the walls erected to the height of 7 and 11 metres. After the 1941 bombing of Belgrade, work ceased altogether.
The occupying German army used the unfinished church as a parking lot, while in 1944 the partisans and the Red Army used it with the same purpose. Later, it was used for storage by various companies. The Society for Building of the Cathedral ceased to exist and has not been revived.
In 1958, Patriarch Germanius renewed the idea of building the church. After 88 requests for continuation of the building—and as many refusals, permission for finishing the building was granted in 1984, and Branko Pešić was chosen as new architect of the church. He remade the original projects to make better use of new materials and building techniques.
Construction of the building began again on August 12, 1985. The walls were erected to full height of 40 metres.
The greatest achievement of the construction process was lifting of the 4,000 ton central dome, which was built on the ground, together with the copper plate and the cross, and later lifted onto the walls. The lifting, which took forty days, was finished on June 26, 1989.
As of 2004, the church was mostly complete. The bells and windows had been installed, and the facade completed. However, work on the internal decoration of the building still remains largely unfinished.
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Cathedral of Saint Sava ( Храм Светог Саве ), Belgrade , Serbia
The Cathedral of Saint Sava (Serbian: Храм Светог Саве or Hram Svetog Save)
One of the largest Orthodox churches currently in use.It is the largest in the Balkans and perhaps the world. The church is dedicated to Saint Sava, 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 are thought to have been burned in 1595 by the Ottoman Empire's Sinan Pasha. From its location, it dominates Belgrade's cityscape, and is perhaps the most monumental building in the city. The building of the church structure is being financed exclusively by donations. The parish home is nearby, as will be the planned patriarchal building.
The dome is 70m high, while the main gold plated cross is another 12 m high, witch is giving a total of 82 m to the Cathedral of Saint Sava. The peak is 134 m (439.6 ft) above the sea level (64 m [210 ft] above the Sava river); therefore the church holds a dominant position in Belgrade's cityscape and is visible from all approaches to the city.
The church is 91 m (298.5 ft) long from east to west, and 81 m (265.7 ft) from north to south. It is 70 m (229.65 ft) tall, with the main gold-plated cross extending for 12 more meters (39.4 ft). Its domes have 18 more gold-plated crosses of various sizes, while the bell towers have 49 bells.
It has a surface area of 3,500 square metres on the ground floor, with three galleries of 1,500 m2 on the first level, and a 120 m2 gallery on the second level. The Cathedral can receive 10,000 faithful at any one time. The choir gallery seats 800 singers.
The basement contains a crypt, the treasury of Saint Sava, and the grave church of Saint Lazar the Hero martyr, with a total surface of 1.800 m2.
The facade is in white marble and granite and, when finished, the inner decorations will be of mosaics. The central dome will contain a mosaic of Christ Pantocrator. To give a sense of the monumental scale, the eyes will each be about 3 meters wide.
Cathedral of Saint Sava, Belgrade, Serbia
Црква светог Саве, Београд. Храм Святого Саввы в Белграде.
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Cathedral Saint Alexandar Nevski in Sofia, Bulgaria
Cathedral Saint Alexandar Nevski in Sofia, Bulgaria
The gold-domed Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was built in the early 20th century in memory of the 200,000 Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian and Bulgarian soldiers, who died in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878. It is one of the largest Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in the world. The cathedral’s gold-plated dome is 45 m high, with the bell tower reaching 50.52 m.
The St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (Bulgarian: Храм-паметник „Свети Александър Невски“, Hram-pametnik „Sveti Aleksandar Nevski“) is a Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Built in Neo-Byzantine style, it serves as the cathedral church of the Patriarch of Bulgaria and is one of the largest Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in the world, as well as one of Sofia’s symbols and primary tourist attractions.The St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia occupies an area of 3,170 square metres (34,100 sq ft) and can hold 10,000 people inside. It is the second biggest cathedral located on the Balkan Peninsula after the Cathedral of Saint Sava in Belgrade.
Architecture
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is a cross-domed basilica featuring an emphasized central dome. The cathedral’s gold-plated dome is 45 m high (148 ft),
with the bell tower reaching 53 metres (174 ft).The temple has 12 bells with total weight of 23 tons, the heaviest weighing 12 tons and the lightest 10 kilograms (22 lb). The interior is decorated with Italian marble in various colours, Brazilian onyx, alabaster, and other luxurious materials. The central dome has the Lord’s Prayer inscribed around it, with thin gold letters.
The construction of the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral started in 1882 (having been planned since 19 February, 1879), when the foundation stone was laid, but most of it was built between 1904 and 1912. Saint Alexander Nevsky was a Russian prince. The cathedral was created in honour to the Russian soldiers who died during theRusso-Turkish War of 1877-1878, as a result of which Bulgaria was liberated from Ottoman rule.
The cathedral was designed by Alexander Pomerantsev, aided by Alexander Smirnov and Alexander Yakovlev, as the initial 1884-1885 project of Ivan Bogomolov was radically changed by Pomerantsev. The final design was finished in 1898, and the construction and decoration were done by a team of Bulgarian, Russian, Austro-Hungarian and other European artists, architects and workers, including the aforementioned architects, as well as Petko Momchilov, Yordan Milanov, Haralampi Tachev, Ivan Mrkvička, Vasily D. Bolotnov, Nikolay A. Bruni, A.A. Kiselyov, Anton Mitov and many others.
The marble parts and the lighting fixtures were created in Munich, the metal elements for the gates in Berlin, while the gates themselves were manufactured in Karl Bamberg’s factory in Vienna, and the mosaics were shipped from Venice.
The name of the cathedral was briefly changed to the Sts. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral between 1916 and 1920 (since Bulgaria and Russia belonged to opposing alliances in WWI), but then the initial name was restored. The St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was proclaimed a monument of culture on 12 September 1924.
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Church of Saint Sava in Belgrade, Serbia
This is taken outside in the park of the church. The Church of Saint Sava is located in the Vracar neighbourhood.
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Beautiful church in the middle of Belgrade, Serbia
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