Log cabin church of St. Jeremias
| St. Jeremias cemetery chapel | |
|---|---|
| Start of building: | Early 17th century |
| Style elements : | Wooden church |
| Location: | 42 ° 37 '57 " N , 20 ° 21' 36" E |
| Location: |
Gorazhdec / Goraždevac Kosovo , Serbia |
| Purpose: | Serbian Orthodox Chapel |
| Diocese : | Eparchy Raszien-Prizren |
The cemetery chapel of St. Jeremiah ( Serbian Црква брвнара Светог Јеремије Crkva Svetog brvnara Jeremije , Albanian Kisha varrezore e Shën Jeremisë ) is a Serbian Orthodox chapel made of wood in the village Gorazhdec / Gorazdevac in Kosovo . It stands in the cemetery on the eastern edge of the village, which is about six kilometers southeast of Peja . The chapel, built at the beginning of the 17th century, is one of the oldest surviving wooden churches in the Balkans .
It has been protected as a cultural monument since 1958 and is part of the cultural heritage of Kosovo .
history
The wooden chapel is the oldest sacred building of its kind in Serbia and Kosovo. The royal door of the iconostasis was dated to the late 16th or early 17th century. According to local tradition it was built by the so-called "Srbljaci", a Serbian tribe , which is 1737/38 from the upper reaches of the river Lim coming in Metohija had settled.
In 1926 a new church was built not far, in which some cult objects from the chapel are kept today.
In the village of Gorazhdec / Goraždevac, Serbs are still the largest population group today.
architecture
The chapel is small and of very simple construction. It was built from oak , is eight meters long and 3.7 meters wide. An apse with two walls adjoins the nave over the entire width . The deep roof is covered with heavy stone slabs.
The interior is divided into three areas: the narthex , the nave and the apse in which the altar is located. The floor is made of irregular stone slabs, the ceiling of wooden slats.
Restoration work was carried out in 1968.
Web links
- Jedinstvo (May 21, 2019): Црква Брвнара најстарија на Балкану (Serbian)
- Entry in the database of the cultural heritage of Kosovo (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lidija Repac: НАЈСТАРИЈА ЦРКВА БРВНАРА на Балкану. In: srbin.info. February 20, 2019, accessed February 1, 2020 (Serbian).
- ↑ a b c Kisha varrezore e Shën Jeremisë. In: Databaza e Trashëgimisë Kulturore të Kosovës. Retrieved January 29, 2020 (Albanian).
- ↑ a b c d Црква брвнара Св. Јеремије. In: Споменици културе у Србији. Retrieved February 1, 2020 (Serbian).
- ^ Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011. In: Population statistics of Eastern Europe & former USSR. Retrieved February 1, 2020 (Albanian).