The Temple of Saint Sava, Belgrade, Serbia
The Temple of Saint Sava is located in Belgrade, Serbia, on the Vracar plateau where the remains of Saint Sava were burned by the Ottomans in 1595. The Temple of Saint Sava is dedicated to Saint Sava who founded the Serbian Orthodox Church and was very important figure in Serbian medieval history.
The preparations for construction of the one of biggest Orthodox churches in the world began in 1894 but construction was interrupted first by the outbreak of the First Balkan War in 1912, the Second Balkan War in 1913 and the outbreak of the World War I.
After the World War I the activities for the construction of the Temple of Saint Sava began again but the second construction was interrupted again by the World War II and the German attack on Yugoslavia in 1941. In the 1950's the idea of building the church was renewed by Patriarch Germanius but the permission of communist authorities to continue the construction works was not obtained until 1984. The construction of the Temple of Saint Sava began one year later, 1985, and by 2004 the construction was mostly completed but work on the inner decoration is still not finished. Although not finished inside it is still spectacular and one of the best looking Christian churches in the world.
