Church of Pentecost (, sr-Cyrl, Храм силаска Духа светога) in

Markušica Markušica ( sr-Cyrl, Маркушица, , ) is a Settlement (Croatia), village and a municipality in Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. Markušica is located south of the river Vuka (river), Vuka and northwest of the town of Vinkovci. Th ...

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

church in eastern

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. The church is one of two in the

Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja The Eparchy of Osječko Polje and Baranja ( sr-Cyrl, Епархија осјечкопољска и барањска / Епархија осечкопољска и барањска; ) is a eparchy (diocese) of the Serbian Orthodox Church that en ...

that is dedicated to

Pentecost Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christianity, Christian holiday which takes place on the 49th day (50th day when inclusive counting is used) after Easter Day, Easter. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spiri ...

. The church was built in the period between 1795 and 1810 at the site of an earlier wooden church dedicated in 1698.

History

Alongside the wooden church in the village, up until the 1796 there was a Serbian Orthodox monastery close to the village, in Mali Antin, as well. The new church in Markušica inherited 1777

iconostasis In Eastern Christianity, an iconostasis () is a wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a Church (building), church. ''Iconostasis'' also refers to a portable icon stand that can be placed anywhere withi ...

from the wooden church. During the

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and

Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia The Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Genocid nad Srbima u Nezavisnoj Državi Hrvatskoj, separator=" / ", Геноцид над Србима у Независној Држави Хрватској) was the sy ...

the church was converted into the

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one. The most recent icon on the wall were painted in 1989 by

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artist Zoran Đorđević. The church was damaged during the

Croatian War of Independence The Croatian War of Independence) and (rarely) "War in Krajina" ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Рат у Крајини, Rat u Krajini) are used. was an armed conflict fought in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 between Croats, Croat forces loyal to the Governmen ...

in 1991 when the village of Markušica was a part of the self-proclaimed Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia. The general restoration works took place after the war in the 1999-2002 period.

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18th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings

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History

See also

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