Church in Osijek, Croatia
The Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God (Serbian Cyrillic : Храм успења пресвете Богородице , romanized : Hram uspenja presvete Bogorodice , Croatian : Crkva uspenja presvete Bogorodice ) is a Serbian Orthodox church located in Donji grad , Osijek in eastern Croatia . The modern day church was completed in 1979 at the site of an earlier Serbian Orthodox church which was destroyed by the Ustashe regime in 1942 during the World War II Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia .[1]
The new building was designed by Dragomir Tadić who was inspired by Serbo-Byzantine Revival style.[1] Due to this architectural style, the building is commonly known as Slavonian Lazarica after famous medieval Lazarica Church in Kruševac , Serbia .[1]
History
The wooden Eastern Orthodox church in Osijek was constructed at the time of the Great Migrations of the Serbs .[2] The new brick building dedicated to Paraskeva of the Balkans was erected at the same site in 1719.[2] The main church of Transfiguration of the Lord at the site of contemporary church was completed in 1743 as an grandiose building modeled after the Church of Saint Demetrius in Budapest (itself destroyed in 1940's ).[3] As there was no goldsmith trained to build gilded dome of the church, some of the most prominent merchants in local Eastern Orthodox community collected 135 Gold ducat of Venice which were embedded into the dome to create the desired effect.[3]
In 2020 the parish initiated construction of the new cultural center.[4]
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Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church , Slovenia
Serbian Church in Arad , Romania
Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, Timișoara , Romania
St. Nicholas Serbian Church, Timișoara , Romania
St. George Serbian Church, Timișoara , Romania
St. Sava Church, Paris , France
Saint Spyridon Church, Trieste , Italy
Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, Stockholm , Sweden
Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Komárno , Slovakia (in care of OCLS )
Notes * indicate churches in Kosovo , which is the subject of a territorial dispute between Serbia and Kosovo.
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Eastern Croatia
Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva
Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Trpinja
Church of St. Nicholas, Vukovar
Church of Pentecost, Vinkovci
Church of St. George, Kneževo
Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Negoslavci
Church of Pentecost, Markušica
Church of St. George, Bobota
Church of St. Stephen, Borovo
Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Srijemske Laze
Church of St. Peter and Paul, Bolman
Church of St. Stefan Štiljanović, Karanac
Church of St. Nicholas, Mirkovci
Church of St. Panteleimon, Mirkovci
Church of St. Nicholas, Mikluševci
Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Gaboš
Church of St. Nicholas, Jagodnjak
Church of St. Demetrius, Dalj
Church of St. Nicholas, Pačetin
Church of St. George, Tovarnik
Church of St. Elijah, Novi Jankovci
Church of St. Peter and Paul, Orolik
Church of the Presentation of Mary, Čakovci
Church of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, Ostrovo
Church of the Saint Archangel Michael, Darda
Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God, Osijek
Church of the Presentation of Mary, Popovac
Church of St. George, Opatovac
Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Šarengrad
Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Mohovo
Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Ilok
Church of the Transfer of the relics of the Holy Father Nicholas, Bijelo Brdo
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Transfiguration of the Lord, Trpinja
St. Peter and Paul, Bolman
Church of St. Nicholas, Pačetin
Nativity of the Theotokos, Gaboš
Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, Ostrovo
St. Nicholas, Jagodnjak
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Church of St. Panteleimon, Mirkovci
Church of St. Nicholas, Mikluševci
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St. George, Tovarnik
St. Nicholas, Vukovar
Pentecost, Vinkovci
St. George, Kneževo
Nativity of the Theotokos, Srijemske Laze
St. Elijah, Novi Jankovci
St. Peter and Paul, Orolik
Presentation of Mary, Čakovci
Saint Archangel Michael, Darda
Dormition of the Mother of God, Osijek
Presentation of Mary, Popovac
Church of St. George, Opatovac
Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Šarengrad
Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Mohovo
Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Ilok
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