The Church of the Holy Transfiguration () is a
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
Novo Sarajevo,
Sarajevo
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,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
Originally planned for
Split in
Croatia
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, it was built in 1940 by
Aleksandar Deroko and consecrated by
Serbian Patriarch Gavrilo V. It was the place of worship for 50,000 adherents in the region. It is the only Orthodox church in Novo Sarajevo.
During the
Yugoslav Wars
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, the Church was heavily damaged, and after the war it was renovated. Reworking of
frescoes began in 2004.
See also
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Serb Orthodox Cathedral (Sarajevo)
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Serbs of Sarajevo
External links
Dabro-Bosnian Metropolitanate70th Church anniversary
Round churches
Serbian Orthodox church buildings in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbian Orthodox churches in Sarajevo
Novo Sarajevo
Byzantine Revival church buildings
Churches completed in 1940
20th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings
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