Trinity Church (Zasavica I)
The Trinity Church ( Serbian : Црква Свете Тројице / Crkva Svete Trojice ) in the village of Zasavica I , part of the Sremska Mitrovica (municipality of Sremska Mitrovica), is a Serbian Orthodox church in north-western Serbia and is consecrated to the Holy Trinity .
It is the parish church of the Ravnje parish in the Mačva deanery of the Šabac eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The Trinity Church in Zasavica I is an important cultural monument of Serbia.
location
The village Zasavica I and thus the church belong to the municipality of Sremska Mitrovica . Most of the municipality of Sremska Mitrovica is located in the Srem region , which is part of the Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina .
Zasavica I and some villages around the town of Mačvanska Mitrovica , which is also in the municipality of Sremska Mitrovica, do not historically belong to Vojvodina, but are part of the Mačva region , part of central Serbia , but administratively belong to Vojvodina.
The Trinity Church is in the center of the village at the intersection of Ulica Peke Dapčevića and Vojvođanska Ulica .
The parish Ravnje includes Zasavica I, the neighboring villages Ravnje , which gives the parish its name, and Zasavica II . The faithful of these villages without their own church attend the service in the Trinity Church in Zasavica I.
history
The Trinity Church was built from 1894 to 1899 in the Neo-Serbian-Byzantine style . Before that, the Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Manastir Rajac stood in the same place . On October 17, 1899 at the time of King Aleksandar Obrenović , the church was consecrated by the eparch of the eparchy Šabac and later Serbian patriarch Dimitrije (Pavlović) .
The then priest Toma Laušević and the village mayor Stojko Belomarković had a great influence on the construction of the church. The building of the church was a common concern of the villagers in the villages of Zasavica and Ravnje.
architecture
The architect of the church was the Serbian church builder Svetozar Ivačković .
The neo-Serbian style is characterized by a visible interior, a floor plan in the form of a Greek cross and a large dome over the center of the nave at the intersections of the side arms of the church.
The church at Zasavica I is a three-icon complex in the plan of a Greek cross, it has five-sided apses on the east, south and north facade, which are semicircular on the inside. In the east of the church there is a semicircular altar - apse and on the west side of the naos the church tower. A large dome rises above the center of the nave.
The church entrance is decorated with two columns. The exterior decoration of the church includes wreaths, semicircular arched windows, floral ornaments and pilasters . The old frescoes in the interior of the church were painted over by an unknown painter.
Iconostasis and icons
The icons on the iconostasis are older than the church itself. The main icons on the old iconostasis are by Lazar Stajić (probably between 1806 and 1808). In the church there are other icons by two unknown icon painters, probably from the second half of the 19th century.
Restoration of the church 2014–2016
Milorad Pavlović has been the Church's priest since 2002, the 23rd consecutive Church priest. When he took office, he had the church, which was in poor condition inside and out, restored with the mayor of the municipality capital Sremska Mitrovica Branislav Nedimović .
Mayor Nedimović provided the necessary funds from the budget of the city of Sremska Mitrovica for the renovation of the church. The village communities of Zasavica and Ravnje, the inhabitants of the villages and residents of the villages living abroad also helped financially. According to the priest, 95% of the work on the church is finished.
The first major works took place in 2014. Milenko Milutinović and his company renovated and renewed the floor, including moisture and heat insulation. The old floor was removed and a new one made of marble and ceramic slabs was placed. The church got a new electrical installation, the walls were smoothed and prepared for the fresco painting.
The first frescoes created the painter Bogdan Dostanić, Sonja and Boban Almazan due to a donation of in Austria living originating from Zasavica Dalibor Belovuković, several times the church renovation helped m² on an area of 150th A fresco depicts the last Serbian patriarch Pavle (Stojčević).
From 2014 to 2016, the church received a new iconostasis including icons, a new roof, the outer facade was renewed, new furniture was put up, a fountain was built in the churchyard and a chapel for lighting candles was built. The parish house was also renewed.
The fence around the churchyard is to be renewed and a plateau with a path to the church in front of the church entrance is to be built. In addition, a church hall is planned in which important events in the history of the Serbian Orthodox Church are to be represented as paintings.
On September 18, 2016 the eparch of the eparchy Šabac, Lavrentije , inaugurated the frescoes of the church and in the neighboring town of Ravnje Episkop Lavrentije inaugurated the foundations for the construction of the church of St. Tsar Constantine and Tsarina Jelena .
gallery
Fresco of the Protection and Intercession of All Saints Blessed Mother Mary (among others)
Fresco of St. John the Baptist and the Holy Warriors (among others)
Frescoes of various saints in the interior of the church
Fresco of the Serbian Patriarch Pavle (Stojčević)
swell
- Article about the Church on the Spomenici kulture u Srbiji page , (Serbian)
- Article about the church on the site of the eparchy of Sabac , (Serbian)
- Article about the church renovation on the Ozon newspaper website. Media , (Serbian)
Remarks
- ↑ Svetozar Ivačković finished his architecture studies in Vienna with the famous Professor Theophil Hansen in 1884. Ivačković's ideal was to create a national Serbian church style. In many of his church building projects, he managed to combine the Serbian medieval church architecture under the sign of Byzantinism and the then contemporary Central European architecture.