Ascension Church (Tupanari)
The Church of the Assumption of Christ ( Serbian Црква Вазнесења Господњег Crkva Vaznesenja Gospodnjeg ) is a Serbian Orthodox branch church in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina . It is located in the Opština (municipality) Šekovići belonging village Tupanari .
The church, built from 2009 to 2011, is dedicated to the solemnity of the Ascension of Christ . She is a daughter church of the parish Šekovići in the dean's office Zvornik the eparchy Zvornik- Tuzla of the Serbian Orthodox Church .
location
The Church of the Assumption of Christ stands on the Mečet hill, in the village of Tupanari, which consists of many hamlets and has around 180 inhabitants. Tupanari is located on the banks of the Drinjača , a left tributary of the Drina , in the sparsely populated and wooded municipality of Šekovići in the Birač region in northeastern Bosnia . The village of Tupanari has its own Serbian Orthodox village cemetery.
History and architecture
The construction of the church began in 2009. The construction of the Church of the Ascension of Christ was the common concern of all the villagers of Tupanari, those who live in the village as well as those in the diaspora , with the main goal of building a house of worship for their descendants to pray together.
The church was built according to the design of the architect Milisav Jokić , who comes from the village Jakovica near Šekovići. The church foundations were inaugurated in the same year by Archpriest Dragan Tomić with the blessing of the episcopes ( bishop ) of the Zvornik-Tuzla Vasilije (Kačavenda) eparchy.
The single-nave church was built in the Serbian-Byzantine style , with an altar - apse in the east and a tower with a bell and an onion dome in the west. The church is made of bricks and has the dimensions 9 × 4 m. The roof of the church is covered with sheet metal.
The construction work on the church building was completed in 2011 after three years of construction. And in the same year the church was solemnly consecrated by Bishop Vasilije (Kačavenda).
The Ascension Church was painted with Byzantine frescoes from 2010 to 2011 by Živorad Ilić from the western Serbian city of Loznica . The iconostasis from maple wood was carved by Cvijetin Martić from the municipal capital Šekovići. The icons were painted like the frescoes by Živorad Ilić.
Archpriest Dragan Tomić has been the acting priest of the Church of the Ascension of Christ in Tupanari since the branch church was built until today .
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- Article about the church on the website of the Deanery Zvornik (Serbian, with pictures)
Coordinates: 44 ° 16 ′ 21.5 ″ N , 18 ° 50 ′ 37.2 ″ E