Church of Saint Parascheva, Slabinja

Church of Saint Parascheva (Serbian Cyrillic: Храм Преподобне мати Параскеве) is a Serbian Orthodox church located in Slabinja, Sisak-Moslavina County, in central Croatia. It was dedicated to Saint Parascheva of the Balkans.[2] The Church was built in 1828 and demolished during World War II. Only the perimeter walls are preserved.[3]

Church of Saint Parascheva
Храм Преподобне мати Параскеве
Ruins of the Church in 2020
Church of Saint Parascheva
Shown within Banovina
Church of Saint Parascheva
Church of Saint Parascheva (Croatia)
45°12′38″N 16°40′2″E
LocationSlabinja, Sisak-Moslavina County
Country Croatia
DenominationSerbian Orthodox
TraditionEastern Orthodox Church
History
StatusChurch
DedicationParascheva of the Balkans
Architecture
Functional statusAbandoned
Architect(s)R. Battigelli
StyleBaroque, Eastern Orthodox
Years built1828 (1828)
Demolished1944 (1944)
Administration
ParishKostajnica–Dubica
DioceseEparchy of Gornji Karlovac
Clergy
ArchpriestSlaviša Simaković[1]

The Church is located in the center of village Slabinja, on the south side of the D47 road, towards the river Una.[4]

It is under the jurisdiction of the Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac.

Patron saint
Main article: Parascheva of the Balkans

Saint Paraskeva was an ascetic female saint of the 10th century.

History

The Church was built in 1828[5] based on the R. Battigelli project from 1819. It was built in baroque building style.[3]

In 1944, during World War II, it was demolished by the Ustashe damaging roof structure, vault, interior and church inventory.[6] After the War, ruins remained standing. In 1970, the reconstruction of these valuable buildings began, but the roof, unfortunately, was never set up.[4]

On 4 June 2017, Bishop of Upper Karlovac Gerasim visited the church.[7] Also, the Bishop visited the church on 16 June 2019.[8]

  • The southwest side of the ruined Church in 2020

See also

References
  1. "Sveta Petka u Slabinji". banija.rs. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  2. Kosovac, Mata (1910). Srpska pravoslavna Mitropolija Karlovačka: po podacima od 1905 (in Serbian). Sremski Karlovci.
  3. Strategija lokalnog razvoja područja LAG-a Una 2011-2013 (PDF). Dvor: LAG Una. 2010.
  4. Škiljan, Filip (2008). Kulturno-historijski spomenici Banije (PDF) (in Croatian). Zagreb: SNV. p. 99. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  5. Cvitanović, Đurđica (1985). Sakralna arhitektura baroknog razdoblja, knjiga I. (in Serbo-Croatian). Zagreb: Gorički i gorsko-dubički arhiđakonat. p. 206.
  6. Miljanović, M. (January 1991). Devastacija pravoslavnih crkava u Hrvatskoj – gornjokarlovačka Eparhija (in Serbian). Topusko: Srpski glas. pp. 10–11.
  7. "Episkop Gerasim u Slabinji". banija.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  8. "Episkop Gerasim u poseti parohije kostajničke". eparhija-gornjokarlovacka.hr. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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