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Church in Pačetin, Croatia
Church of St. Nicholas (
St. Nicholas
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History
The building of the St. Nicholas Church in Pačetin started in 1752 and the construction works were finished in three years period so that it was blessed in 1755 by the Bishops of Pakrac Sofronije Jovanović .[1] At that time, three Orthodox priests practiced religious services in the village.[1] The church was reconstructed several times in its history with 1908 reconstruction being the first one, 1958 the second and 1986 the third reconstruction with the renovation work still in progress in 2018.[1]
The new church iconostasis was erected in 1910 and it was the work of painter Ivan Tišov .[1]
Iconostasis was commissioned by the Government of
Austro-Hungarian Empire, with the aim to create higher quality in the standards of equipment of sacral edifices for both the Orthodox and the Catholic churches within the kingdom.
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Architecture
The architectural framework for the iconostasis is designed in the
Ustashas damaged the iconostasis and parish house and robbed part of the church inventory.
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During the Croatian War of Independence in 1991 church was hit with two shells that damaged its altar section.[1] In the early 2000s church attracted attention among Orthodox and some Catholic believers when story about weeping icon of Saint Nicholas appeared in regional and national media.[3]
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