The Church of St. Emperor Constantine and Empress Helena ( sr-Cyrl, Црква Светог цара Константина и царице Јелене) is a

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of the Serbian Orthodox Church, located in ''The Old Bazaar'' of

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History

The construction of the church started immediately after the town of Ivanjica was founded in 1833, following the liberation of the area from the

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in the

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. The construction works were funded by the locals and supervised by

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. In 1836, the construction works were finished. The first restoration of the church was in the 1850s, and an artist from the time period, Dimitrije Posniković, painted it in 1862. Authentic iconostasis were saved and remain today.

Gallery

File:Deo gradskog centra Ivanjice 15.jpg, ''Church's porta'' File:Ivanjica crkva 6002 01.jpg, ''Church from nearby park'' File:Ivanjica crkva nocu - panoramio.jpg, ''Church at night''

References

Serbian Orthodox church buildings in Serbia 19th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings Ivanjica {{Serbia-church-stub