Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Sarajevo
Cathedral Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos | ||
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Саборна Црква Рођења Пресвете Богородице Saborna Crkva Rođenja Presvete Bogorodice | ||
Year consecrated 20 July 1872 | | |
Location | ||
Location | Trg Oslobođenja - Alija Izetbegović / Zelenih Beretki, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Architecture | ||
Architect(s) | Andrey Damyanov | |
Style | Baroque | |
Completed | 1874 | |
Designated as NHL | ||
Official name | Orthodox Cathedral church (church of the Holy Mother of God) with movable heritage, the historic building | |
Type | Category I monument | |
Criteria | II. Value A, B, C i.ii.iii.iv.v.vi, D i.ii.iii.iv.v., E i.ii.iii.iv.v., F i.ii., G i.ii.iii.iv.v.vi, I i.ii.iii.iv. | |
Designated | 5 July 2006 (session No. ) | |
Part of | Old Town of Sarajevo | |
Reference no. | 2842 | |
Decision no. | 06.2-2122/06-5 | |
Listed | List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Operator | - | |
Website | ||
http://www.mitropolijadabrobosanska.org/ |
The Cathedral Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos (
The cathedral is dedicated to the
The head master for construction was
History
The construction of the church commenced in 1863 when Sarajevo was part of the
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Once the church was built, its tower that rose above many of the town's mosques became a sore point with local conservative Muslims who wanted traditional limitations on non-Muslim architecture to be imposed. The same group also objected to a small bell that was installed on the old Serbian Orthodox Church at around the same time. The new church dedication ceremony was scheduled for May 1871; however, a group of forty lower-class Muslims, led by a Sarajevo imam Salih Vilajetović (better known as Hadži Lojo), sought to block it.[1] When notified of the intended obstruction, the Bosnian Vilayet's Ottoman governor ordered the police to arrest Hadži Lojo and his followers. Six were arrested while others fled when the police arrived. Led by merchant Jeftanović, members of the Serbian community lodged a protest with the Russian consul in Sarajevo, and Russian diplomats shortly thereafter protested the episode to the Ottoman sultan. The dedication ceremony was postponed for a year.
The next year, in the summer of 1872, the Ottoman officials dispatched a new military commander with more than thousand men in order to provide security for the church dedication. Concerned about local Muslim vandal attacks, as a show of force the Ottoman governor ordered the positioning of a cannon above the city and the deployment of troops to guard the ceremony. The festive dedication on 20 July 1872, attended by high Ottoman officials and by the young Austro-Hungarian ambassador to Serbia, Béni Kállay (who would later play an important role in Bosnia), proceeded without incident.[1]
Heritage designation
The Cathedral Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos is designated
See also
- Sarajevo Old Orthodox Church
- Sites of interest in Sarajevo
- List of cathedrals
References
- ^ a b c d Donia 2006, p. 34.
- ^ "Orthodox Cathedral church (church of the Holy Mother of God) with movable heritage, the historic building". old.kons.gov.ba. Commission to preserve national monuments. 4 July 2006. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
Books
- Donia, Robert J. (2006). Sarajevo: A Biography. London: C. Hurst and Co. (Publishers) Ltd. ISBN 0-472-11557-X.
External links
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- Official website (in Serbian)