Temple of Saint Sava Храм Светог Саве
Basic information
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Geographic coordinates	44°47.885′N 020°28.113′E / 44.798083, 20.46855Coordinates: 44°47.885′N 020°28.113′E / 44.798083, 20.46855
Religious affiliation	Serbian Orthodoxy
Website	http://www.hramsvetogsave.com/
Architectural description
Architect/s	Aleksandar Deroko
Architectural type	Serbo-Byzantine / Neo-Byzantine
Specifications
Capacity	10,800

The Temple of Saint Sava (Serbian: Храм Светог Саве or Hram Svetog Save) in Belgrade, Serbia is one of the largest Orthodox churches currently in use. The church is dedicated to Saint Sava, founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church and an important figure in medieval Serbia. It is built on the Vračar plateau, on the location where his remains are thought to have been burned in 1595 by the Ottoman Empire's Sinan Pasha. From its location, it dominates Belgrade's cityscape, and is perhaps the most monumental building in the city. The building of the church structure is being financed exclusively by donations. The parish home is nearby, as will be the planned patriarchal building. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 666 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1278 × 1151 pixel, file size: 978 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Serbian Orthodox Church... 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Architecture

It finishes Belgrade's line Kalemegdan - Trg Republike - Terazije - Beograđanka - Slavija - Temple of Saint Sava. The dome is 70m high, while the main gold plated cross is another 12 m high, witch is giving a total of 82 m to the Temple of Saint Sava. The peak is 134 m (439.6 ft) above the sea level (64 m [210 ft] above the Sava river); therefore the church holds a dominant position in Belgrade's cityscape and is visible from all approaches to the city. Kalemegdan fortress complex Kalemegdan (Serbian: Kалемегдан or Kalemegdan) is a fortress located in the same named park. ... Trg Republike or Square of the Republic (Serbian Cyrillic: Трг Републике) is one of the central town squares and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, located in Belgrades municipality of Stari Grad. ... Terazije (Serbian: Terazije, Теразије) covers an area from Sremska Street to Kralja Milana Street in Belgrade. ... BeograÄ‘anka (Serbian Cyrillic: Београђанка), officialy Belgrade Palace (Serbian: Палата Београд, Palata Beograd) is a modern high-rise building in downtown Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. ... Slavija can refer to: Slavija, a quarter of the city of Belgrade in Serbia and Montenegro. ... Sava also Save (German Save, Hungarian Száva) is a river in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, a right side tributary of Danube at Belgrade. ... Snowcovered Blaauwbrug 1991 Amsterdam cityscape Frans Koppelaar A cityscape is the urban equivalent of a landscape. ...

Parish home

The church is 91 m (298.5 ft) long from east to west, and 81 m (265.7 ft) from north to south. It is 70 m (229.65 ft) tall, with the main gold-plated cross extending for 12 more metres (39.4 ft). Its domes have 18 more gold-plated crosses of various sizes, while the bell towers have 49 bells. Download high resolution version (1984x1488, 664 KB)Temple of Saint Savas parish home. ... Download high resolution version (1984x1488, 664 KB)Temple of Saint Savas parish home. ... A gilded Tibetan Vajrasattva Gilding is the art of applying metal leaf (most commonly gold or silver leaf) to a surface. ... A Greek cross (all arms of equal length) above a saltire, a cross rotated by 45 degrees A famous Armenian khachkar at Goshavank (Notice the cross). ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Bell Tower is an office tower in Edmonton, Canada. ... A bell is a simple sound-making device. ...

Saint Sava's plateau: the church is at the east of the park, and the parish home at the north. (The building at the south is the National Library of Serbia.)

It has a surface area of 3,500 square metres on the ground floor, with three galleries of 1,500 m² on the first level, and a 120 m² gallery on the second level. The temple can receive 10,000 faithful at any one time. The choir gallery seats 800 singers. The basement contains a crypt, the treasury of Saint Sava, and the grave church of Saint Lazar the Hieromartyr, with a total surface of 1.800 m². Download high resolution version (2363x1772, 950 KB)Saint Savas plateau. ... Download high resolution version (2363x1772, 950 KB)Saint Savas plateau. ... National Library of Serbia is situated in the city of Belgrade. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... Floor numbering in a building can cause misunderstandings between speakers of different varieties of the English language. ... An auditorium is the area within a theatre, concert hall or other performance space where the audience is located in order to hear and watch the performance. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Crypt is also a commonly used name of water trumpets, aquatic plants. ... The term treasury was first used in classical times to describe the votive buildings erected to house gifts to the gods, such as the Siphnian Treasury in Delphi or the many buildings put up in Olympia, Greece by competing city-states, to impress each other during the Ancient Olympic Games. ... Prince Lazar, Photo courtesy of [http://www. ...

The facade is in white marble and granite and, when finished, the inner decorations will be of mosaics. The central dome will contain a mosaic of Christ Pantocrator. To give a sense of the monumental scale, the eyes will each be about 3 metres wide. West facade of the Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Cathedral A facade (or façade) (Pronounced fa-sa-de) is generally the exterior of a building — especially the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. ... Venus de Milo, front. ... Close-up of granite from Yosemite National Park, valley of the Merced River Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ... Mosaic is the art of decoration with small pieces of colored glass, stone or other material. ... For other uses, see Pantokrator (disambiguation). ...

The temple under construction. Courtesy of Mr. Bernard Cloutier (from berclo.net)

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Construction process

Three hundred years after the burning of Saint Sava's remains, in 1895, the Society for the Construction of the Temple of Saint Sava on Vračar was founded in Belgrade. Its goal was to build a temple on the place of the burning. A small church was built at the future place of the temple, and it was later moved so the construction of the temple could begin. In 1905, a public contest was launched to design the church; all five applications received were rejected as not being good enough. Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Vračar (Serbian Cyrillic: Врачар) is the smallest of 17 municipalities of Belgrade. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...

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 temple. // Combatants Ottoman Empire Balkan League: Bulgaria Montenegro Greece Serbia Commanders Nizam Pasha, Zekki Pasha, Esat Pasha, Abdullah Pasha, Ali Rizah Pasha Bulgaria: Vladimir Vazov, Vasil Kutinchev, Nikola Ivanov, Radko Dimitriev Serbia: Radomir Putnik, Petar Bojović, Stepa Stepanović Greece:Crown Prince Constantine, Panagiotis Danglis, Pavlos Kountouriotis Strength 350,000 men Bulgaria... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Combatants Bulgaria Greece Serbia Montenegro Romania Ottoman Empire Commanders Mihail Savov Nikola Ivanov, Vasil Kutinchev, Radko Dimitriev Serbia: Radomir Putnik, Greece:King Constantine, Romania: Crown Prince Ferdinand, Alexandru Averescu Strength 500,000 men Serbia 220,000 men, Romania 200,000 men, Greece 150,000 men, Montenegro 12,000 men The... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... An architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Aleksandar Deroko (September 4, 1894, Belgrade - November 30, 1988, Belgrade) was a famous Serbian architect, artist, and author. ...

Liturgy in unfinished temple

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). Download high resolution version (1476x1027, 683 KB)Liturgy in the Temple of Saint Sava. ... Download high resolution version (1476x1027, 683 KB)Liturgy in the Temple of Saint Sava. ... is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Look up cornerstone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This is a list of Patriarchs of Serbia, the person known officially as Patriarch of all Serbia, Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci. ...

The project was designed by Aleksandar Deroko and Bogdan Nestorovic, aided by civil engineer Vojislav Zadjina. A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering. ...

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. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Belligerent military occupation occurs when the control and authority over a territory belonging to a state passes to a hostile army. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in the Latin alphabet, Југославија in Cyrillic; English: Land of the South Slavs) describes three political entities that existed one at a time on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... A foundation is a structure that transmits loads from a building or road to the underlying ground. ... A brick wall A wall is a usually solid structure that defines and sometimes protects an area. ... The metre or meter is a measure of length. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

Bells

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 Temple ceased to exist and has not been revived. Temple of Saint Savas bells. ... Temple of Saint Savas bells. ... Parking lot showing diagonal parking pattern designed for one-way traffic. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Yugoslav Partisan Flag The Yugoslav Partisans were one of the two main resistance movements engaged in the fight against the Axis forces in the Balkans during World War II, alongside rival Chetniks, the Yugoslav Peoples Liberation War. ... For other organizations known as the Red Army, see Red Army (disambiguation). ... Look up storage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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. Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... His Holiness, the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Serbian Patriarch German (Serbian Cyrillic: Герман) (August 19, 1899, JoÅ¡anička Banja, Serbia - August 27, 1991, Belgrade, Serbia) was the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1958 to 1990. ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... Look up material in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Construction of the building began again on August 12, 1985. The walls were erected to full height of 40 metres. August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ...

Saint Sava Temple with the monument of Saint Sava

Comparison with other Orthodox temples: from left to right, Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Temple of Saint Sava and Hagia Sophia.

The greatest achievement of the 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. Download high resolution version (2288x1712, 832 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (2288x1712, 832 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Comparison of the Temple of Saint Sava with other Orthodox temples, built by SkyscraperPage. ... Comparison of the Temple of Saint Sava with other Orthodox temples, built by SkyscraperPage. ... View of the cathedral and the Great Stone Bridge in 1905. ... Hagia Sophia The patriarchal basilica Hagia Sophia (Greek: ; Holy Wisdom), now known as the Ayasofya Museum, was the culmination of early Christian architecture. ... Look up ton in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...

As of 2004, the church was mostly complete. The bells and windows were installed, with the facade also completed. However, work on the inner decoration still remains largely unfinished. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A bell is a simple sound-making device. ... It has been suggested that window frames be merged into this article or section. ... West facade of the Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Cathedral A facade (or façade) (Pronounced fa-sa-de) is generally the exterior of a building — especially the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. ...

See also

• Serbian Orthodox Church
• Belgrade

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External links

• Official site (in Serbian)
• Donation info (in Serbian)
• Saint Sava's Temple (in English)