Church Of St. Nicholas, Vršac
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Church Of St. Nicholas, Vršac
OR:
Church Of St. Nicholas, Vršac on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

The Church of St. Nicholas () in
Vršac Vršac ( sr-Cyrl, Вршац, ) is a city in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2022, the city urban area had a population of 31,946, while the city administrative area had 45,462 inhabitants. It is located in the geographical ...
is
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
Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...
,
Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image_map = , map_caption = Location of Serbia (gree ...
. The church was constructed in 1785. The cathedral features a prominent
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 ...
painted by
Pavel Đurković Pavle or Pavel Đurković (1772 – 1830) was a Serbian painter, portraitist and iconographer who distinguished himself in the iconography of monasteries and portraits of great personalities (mostly Serbs). His greatest work was the iconostasis of ...
and woodcarvings by Aksentije Marković. German painter St. G. Laufer restored the iconostasis from 1865 to 1868. Significant renovations have been undertaken multiple times, notably in 1909-1910, 1945, and 1968. The most recent renovations occurred from 2003 to 2007. The building contains a burial vault beneath the sanctuary where the earthly remains of bishops of Vršac and Banat are interred.


See also

*
Eparchy of Banat The Eparchy of Banat () is an eparchy (diocese) of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Banat region, Serbia. It is mostly situated in eastern parts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, while the eparchy also includes a small south-western par ...
*
Church of the Assumption of the Theotokos, Vršac The Church of the Assumption of the Theotokos () in Vršac is Serbian Orthodox church in Vojvodina, Serbia. It is commonly referred to as Mala crkva (''Little Church'') and Aleksina crkva (''Aleksa's Church''). Aleksa Nikolić from the name was a ...
*
Romanian Orthodox Cathedral, Vršac The Romanian Orthodox Cathedral or specifically Cathedral of Lord's Ascension of Vršac (, ) is a church in Vršac, Vojvodina, Serbia, consecrated in 1912.Church of Saint Gerhard the Bishop and Martyr, Vršac * List of cathedrals in Serbia


References

{{Serbian Orthodox churches, state=collapsed 18th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings
Vršac Vršac ( sr-Cyrl, Вршац, ) is a city in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2022, the city urban area had a population of 31,946, while the city administrative area had 45,462 inhabitants. It is located in the geographical ...
Cultural Monuments of Great Importance (Serbia) Churches completed in 1785 Serbian Orthodox cathedrals in Serbia Vršac
Vršac Vršac ( sr-Cyrl, Вршац, ) is a city in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2022, the city urban area had a population of 31,946, while the city administrative area had 45,462 inhabitants. It is located in the geographical ...