Church Of The Holy Apostles, Petrovac
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Church of the Holy Apostles was a
Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodox Church#Constit ...
located in the village of Petrovac, Kamenica,
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. It belonged to the Diocese of Raška and Prizren of the
Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodox Church#Constit ...
.


The destruction of the church in 1999

Shortly after the arrival of the US
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troops, the church was vandalized and destroyed by Albanian extremists.


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The list of destroyed and desecrated churches in Kosovo and Metohija June-October 1999 (Списак уништених и оскрнављених цркава на Косову и Метохији јун-октобар 1999)
Serbian Orthodox church buildings in Kosovo Destroyed churches in Kosovo Former Serbian Orthodox churches Persecution of Serbs Buildings and structures in Gjilan Cultural heritage of Kosovo {{Kosovo-EO-church-stub