Temple of Saint Sava, Belgrade, Serbia

Temple of Saint Sava is located on the spot where the remains of Saint Sava were burned by the Ottomans in 1595 on the Vracar plateau in Belgrade, Serbia. The temple is dedicated to Saint Sava the founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church and very important figure in Serbian medieval history.

Picture of Temple of Saint Sava, Belgrade, Serbia
The preparations for construction of the one of biggest Orthodox churches in the world began in 1894 but construction works were interrupted by the First Balkan War in 1912, the Second Balkan War in 1913 and World War I (1914-1918). Building activities continued after World War I but construction works were interrupted by outbreak of World War II and the German attack on Yugoslavia in 1941.

Patriarch Germanius renewed the idea for the construction of Temple of Saint Sava the 1950's but the permission of the communist authorities was not obtained until 1984. The construction of the temple began in 1985 and was mostly completed by 2004. Inner decoration is still not finished.

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