Saint Sava's Serbian Orthodox Church

Three hundred years after the burning of Saint Sava's remains, in 1895, the Society for the Construction of the Cathedral of Saint Sava on Vračar was founded in Belgrade. Its goal was to build a cathedral on the place of the burning. A small church was built at the future place of the Cathedral, and it was later moved so the construction of the Cathedral could begin. In 1905, a public contest was launched to design the church; all five applications received were rejected as not being good enough.

Soon, the breakout of the First Balkan War in 1912, and subsequent Second Balkan War and First World War stopped all activities on the construction of the church. After the war, in 1919, the Society was established again. New appeals for designs were made in 1926; this time, it received 22 submissions. Though the first and third prize were not awarded, the second-place project, made by architect Aleksandar Deroko, was chosen for the building of the Cathedral.

Forty years after the initial idea, construction of the church began in May 10, 1935, 340 years after the burning of Saint Sava's remains. The cornerstone was laid by bishop Gavrilo Dozic-Medenica (the future Serbian Patriarch Gavrilo V).

The project was designed by Aleksandar Deroko and Bogdan Nestorovic, aided by civil engineer Vojislav Zadjina.

The work lasted until Second World War Axis occupation of Yugoslavia in 1941. The church's foundation had been completed, and the walls erected to the height of 7 and 11 metres. After the 1941 bombing of Belgrade, work ceased altogether.

The occupying German army used the unfinished church as a parking lot, while in 1944 the partisans and the Red Army used it with the same purpose. Later, it was used for storage by various companies. The Society for Building of the Cathedral ceased to exist and has not been revived.

In 1958, Patriarch Germanius renewed the idea of building the church. After 88 requests for continuation of the building—and as many refusals, permission for finishing the building was granted in 1984, and Branko Pešić was chosen as new architect of the church. He remade the original projects to make better use of new materials and building techniques.

Construction of the building began again on August 12, 1985. The walls were erected to full height of 40 metres.

The greatest achievement of the construction process was lifting of the 4,000 ton central dome, which was built on the ground, together with the copper plate and the cross, and later lifted onto the walls. The lifting, which took forty days, was finished on June 26, 1989.

As of 2004, the church was mostly complete. The bells and windows had been installed, and the facade completed. However, work on the internal decoration of the building still remains largely unfinished.

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[Lysystra]

Serbia, Serbia, Serbia, how you have fallen! You ignore the voices of your own prophets like Mitar Tarabich (b.1829) who once said, "In Serbia it will not be possible to distinguish a man from a woman. Everybody will dress the same. This calamity will come to us from abroad but it will stay with us the longest." A groom will take a bride, but nobody will know who is who."

[nikoinwinnipeg]

this prophesy is true of all the earth to be exact.

at the time of the antichrist even family will not abide mothers with sons and dausghters with husbans......sadam and gamora all over again!

[beogradjanka381]

awesome video niko.

Milica.

[nikoinwinnipeg]

you dont know how proud it makes us Greeks that Serbians modeled their church after Agia Sofia

this Chruch which is built to honor a Great Saint Agios Sava

I wish for our two nations to prosper in the eyes of God that we may overcome all evil and see the light of heaven.

[Cojpe]

Small church by great St.Sava temple on this video is my parochial church.

That is where my granddad, my father, me and my son were all baptised.

Thank you very much for this video nikoinwinnipeg.

God bless you and your family

[nikoinwinnipeg]

I thank you very much, i will pray for your Greatgrandfathers! and your Fathers Father and your Father and all that pass into your home.

God bless you from my sinful mouth to our Great Lords ear.

[Lysystra]

Serbian young people: (and Greeks too), Stop living the bohemian Godless hedonistic cafe lifestyle. Serbian women - stop contracepting and start having children. Become holy and be great in the eyes of God - not to eyes of the world!

Kosovo was lost because Serbians are NOT having children. Wake up! Return to God and wall your sickness will be healed.

[bosniancelebrity]

MOST OF SERB ARE WAR CRIMINALS. EVERY SUPPORTED OR PARTICIPATED IN MASS KILLING AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY YOU ARE CALLED GENOCIDAL PEOPLE.

Srebrenica Genocide is not a matter of anybody's opinion; it's a judicial fact recognized first by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and subsequently by the International Court of Justice.

DO NOT FORGET 7/11 1995.GENOCIDE CERTIFICATE IS AWARDED TO SERBS SHAME ON YOU GENOCIDE PARTICIPANTS

[LANO500]

@NdzDJ You don't go to muslim videos because thats the truth!!

[plumbumbox]

Is it warm in The Balkans? Im thinking on going to Serbia this summer :)

[plumbumbox]

@LANO500 i fuck your whole family of turks in your dirty mouths

[plumbumbox]

@Loiginer Serbia loves brazil!

[REDMACHINE555]

that church looks alot like the blue mosque in istanbul

[amsterdamforeverful]

It is extremly beautiful must visit serbia!!

[SuperSerbSoundSystem]

@180ccc Brate doso si na pogresan video, idi propovedaj nedje drugdje mozda na neki pro islamski oni vole da ubijaju