The Church of Saint Matthew () in

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is a

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church in eastern

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. The parish priest Ivan Burik was the only Roman Catholic priest who was killed during the

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. In the first half 2008 the

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provided 150,000 Croatian Kuna for completion of the reconstruction of the church. The tower of the Church of Saint Matthew is 40 meters high.

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{{coord missing, Croatia Roman Catholic churches in Vukovar-Syrmia County

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