Alexander Nevsky Church (Belgrade)
The Alexander Nevsky Church ( Serbian : Hram Svetog Aleksandra Nevskog / Црква Светог Александра Невског ) is a Serbian Orthodox church in the Serbian capital Belgrade and was built in the style of the Morava School . It is located in the Dorćol district in the Stari Grad district . Like all Alexander Nevsky cathedrals and churches, it is named after the Russian national saint, Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky . The church belongs to the Archeparchy of Belgrade and Karlovci of the Serbian Orthodox Church
A first church was built in 1877, but in 1912 the plan for a larger church was raised. Jelisaveta Načić was chosen as the architect. The foundation was consecrated in 1912, but construction was delayed due to the First World War , so that the end of construction was in 1928 or 1929.
The icons of the church were painted in 1930 in the workshop of the Russian artist Boris Seljank. The marble iconostasis was donated in the same year by the Yugoslav king Alexander I , but it had previously been planned to be given to the mausoleum on the Oplenac . In the choir there are monuments to the Russian Tsar Nicholas II and the Yugoslav King Alexander I as well as memorials to the soldiers who died in the Wars of Liberation against the Ottomans in 1876–1918. Today's wall painting was created 1970–1972 by Hieromonachus Naum Andrić using Secco painting .
Web links
- Information about Belgrade churches on the city's website (German)
- Laurence Mitchell: Belgrade: The Bradt City Guide . P. 230 f. on googlebooks
Coordinates: 44 ° 49 ′ 13.6 ″ N , 20 ° 27 ′ 58 ″ E