St. Tsar Lazar (Savković)
The wooden church of St. Tsar Lazar ( Serbian : Црква брвнара Св. Цара Лазара / Crkva brvnara Sv. Cara Lazara) is a Serbian Orthodox branch church in the village of Savković in western Serbia .
The wooden church , consecrated to the holy tsar and great martyr Lazar , was built between 1943 and 1944. It belongs to the parish of Orovica in the Deanery Azbukovica of the eparchy Šabac of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
location
The church is located in the hamlet of Dobra Voda in the village of Savković in the Opština Ljubovija (municipality of Ljubovija), in the historical region of Azbukovica in the Okrug Mačva of western central Serbia . Close to the church is the Dobra Voda water source (in German: good water) and a forest house that serves as a recreational area for hikers.
The village of Savković in the Bobija Mountains , populated by Serbs , had around two hundred inhabitants in 2011. The Bobija Mountains are located about 34 km from the municipal capital Ljubovija and about 140 km from the Serbian capital Belgrade .
The parish of Orovica consists of the villages of Gornja Orovica , Donja Orovica , Gornja Ljuboviđa , Orovička Planina , Tornik and Savković. The priest is Nenad Tešmanović (2018).
history
Construction of the church began in 1943 during World War II and was finished in 1944. Ktitor (founder) of the church was the colonel and Četnik - the commander of the Cer-Majevica corpus group, Major (in other sources also Vojvode) Dragoslav Račić.
Major Račić had the wooden church of St. Tsar Lazar built in the village of Savković and a primary school in the neighboring village of Gornje Košlje on the locality Razbojište . Both buildings are considered his foundations.
At the end of the Second World War in 1945, the new authorities of socialist Yugoslavia wanted to destroy the church, which the population of Bobija prevented, but the region, as the so-called Četnik region, should not have a share in the prosperity and good standard of living in what was then Yugoslavia.
On June 11, 1946, the church was solemnly consecrated by a priest .
It has a stone foundation, a small entrance portal and is made of wood. Not a single nail was used to build the church. It has a (wooden) iconostasis typical of Orthodox churches . However , it does not have a fresco painting inside. There are entrances to the church on the west and north sides. The church also has icons .
A free-standing wooden bell tower rises to the side.
Every year on Vidovdan (June 28th) there is a folk festival near the church, which is attended by people from all over Azbukovica.
Web links
- Entry about the parish of Orovica on the website of crkvaljubovija.blogspot.com (Serbian)
- Article about the Bobija with information about the church on the page Srbijuvolimo.rs (Serbian)
- Article about Bobija on pressonline.rs (Serbian)
- Information about the church on the site rts.rs (Serbian)
Coordinates: 44 ° 11 ′ 22.1 ″ N , 19 ° 34 ′ 36.9 ″ E