Glinska Poljana is a village in Croatia.

Religion

Serbian Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord

Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches. The majori ...

of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Glinska Poljana was constructed in 1802. During the World War II Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia the church was converted to a Roman Catholic one and was a site of

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. Church's valuable

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was dismantled and transferred to the Catholic Parish Seat in Petrinja. It was returned to the church after the end of war and the building reconstruction was completed in 1991, just before the beginning of the

Croatian War of Independence The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the Serb-controlled Yugosl ...

. On 9 October 1991 Croatian Army mined and destroyed the church which was at the front line between the government forces and self-declared

Republic of Serbian Krajina The Republic of Serbian Krajina or Serb Republic of Krajina ( sh, Република Српска Крајина, italics=no / or РСК / ''RSK'', ), known as the Serbian Krajina ( / ) or simply Krajina, was a self-proclaimed Serb proto-state, ...

. The church was not reconstructed after the end of war and the site was potentially

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References

Populated places in Sisak-Moslavina County {{SisakMoslavina-geo-stub