St. Sava Church (Brussels)
The Church of St. Sava ( Serbian : Црква светог Саве Српског, Crkva svetog Save Srpskog) is a Serbian Orthodox church in the Belgian capital, Brussels . The church is consecrated to the Serbian national saint and founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church, St. Sava of Serbia .
It is the parish church of the parish of Brussels in the Benelux Deanery of the Eparchy Western Europe of the Serbian Orthodox Church, with its seat in the French capital Paris . The Eparchy Cathedral is also dedicated to St. Sava. Luka (Kovačević) is the bishop of the eparchy of Western Europe.
location
The church is located at 110 Rue des Etangs Noirs in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean / Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, west of Brussels city center.
history
Church building
The church was built from 1924 to 1925 as a Roman Catholic church in the modern style and was consecrated to Mary , the Mother of God . The architect of the church was Victor Degan. On Vidovdan , June 28th, 2004 it was handed over to the Serbian Orthodox Church for use. In order to be able to properly celebrate the Orthodox liturgy , a richly decorated iconostasis made of oak wood with icons was installed in the church.
On September 23, 2010, the church, rectory and cemetery were officially handed over from the Roman Catholic Church to the Serbian Orthodox Church by signing a contract with the notary . Jakov Marković and deacon Dušan Marković are the priests of the church .
Parish of Saint Sava in Brussels
Since the parish was established in November 1990, regular Serbian Orthodox services have been held in Brussels. The parish was recognized by the authorities of the Kingdom of Belgium. Most of the services were held in private rooms, as there was no Serbian Orthodox church in Brussels until 1999.
In 1999, with the support of the parish, the priest bought a house with a St. Sava chapel, a church hall and three apartments for rent. The house with the chapel is currently rented to the Georgian Orthodox Church .