Church of the Great Martyr Prokopios (Breza)
The Church of St. Great Martyr Prokopios ( Serbian Црква Светог великомученика Прокопија Crkva Svetog velikomučenika Prokopija ) in Breza is a Serbian Orthodox Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina . It is consecrated to the Holy Great Martyr Procopius . The church belongs to the metropolitan area of Dabrobosnia of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The church is in the center of the city.
history
The Church of St. Great Martyr Prokopios was built between 1930 and 1936 in the style of the Morava School , one of the typical Serbian-Byzantine styles of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The exterior facade of the church, painted in red and ocher, is striking.
The land on which the church was built was a gift from the retired priest Jovan Marjanović . The church was consecrated on the day of St. Apostle Peter in 1936 by the then Metropolitan Petar Dabrobosanski (Zimonjić). Metriopolitic Petar Zimonjić was murdered by members of the Ustasha during World War II and declared a saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Parish of Breza
The parish of Breza was founded in 1940 from parts of the parishes of Ilijaš , Vareš and Visoko . Until 1940 Breza and the surrounding villages belonged to the parish of Ilijaš. When it was founded, the parish had 300 households. Until 1972 the newly established parish had no permanent priest.
The following priests served as priests in the Church of St. Great Martyr Prokopios in Breza: Branislav Ristić , who worked as an eparchy official until April 1941. In April 1941 Hitler's attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia began .
One year after the end of the war, the already retired priest Jovan Marjanović became a parish priest from 1946 to 1949. Slobodan Radović , actually priest of the parish of Visoko, held services in the church from 1949 to 1963.
From 1963 to 1971 priests from Sarajevo served in the church. Ranko Gunjić , priest of the parish of Vareš, held services from 1971 to 1972. Only from 1972 does the parish get a permanent priest from 1972 to 1992 with Mile Racković .
With the outbreak of the Bosnian War (1992–1995), the majority of the Serbian population of the Breza parish fled the city and the villages.
During the war and until 1997, the archpriest Miroslav Drinčić occasionally held services in the church. He has been a priest of Zenica since 1997 . In the meantime Miroslav Drinčić has passed away and the parish Zenica is led by Jadran Danilović . From 1997 to 1999 the former priest Mile Racković served in the church.
From 1999 to 2001 was a priest of the parish Boris Banduka , who is also a priest in Kakanj . And from 2001, Miroslav Vujičić also serves in the church as priest in Kakanj.
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Coordinates: 44 ° 1 ′ 11.6 ″ N , 18 ° 15 ′ 42 ″ E