Church of Pentecost, Vinkovci

Church of Pentecost
Church of Pentecost
Church of Pentecost
45°17′18″N 18°48′24″E / 45.28821°N 18.80673°E / 45.28821; 18.80673
Location Vinkovci
Country Croatia
DenominationSerbian Orthodox Church
History
StatusChurch
DedicationPentecost
Architecture
Functional status
Active
StyleBaroque
Years built
1793[1]
Construction cost
3 million kuna[2]
Demolished25 September 1991
Specifications
Height30 m[3]
Administration
ArchdioceseEparchy of Osijek Plain and Baranya

Church of Pentecost (Serbian: Црква силаска Духа Светога; Croatian: Crkva silaska Duha Svetoga) is a Serbian Orthodox church in Vinkovci, Croatia. The church is one of two in the Eparchy of Osijek Plain and Baranya that is dedicated to Pentecost. The original church, built in 1793, was destroyed in 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence,[4] and an identical church was rebuilt in its place, in the period between 2007 and 2012.[4]

History

The construction of the original Church of Pentecost in Vinkovci was completed in 1793.[4] The Church was the place of the 1821 baptism of Josif Runjanin, the composer of Lijepa naša domovino (the Croatian national anthem)[4] as well as of the painter Sava Šumanović.[5]

Destruction and rebuilding

After war planes of the Yugoslav People's Army bombed targets in the center of Vinkovci on 24 September 1991, they badly damaged the local Catholic rectory.[4] A day later, in retaliation, the old Church of Pentecost was mined and razed to the ground after being robbed. The iconostasis and inventory was stolen and the church bells went missing for a long period of time.[4] A parking lot stood in the church's place until the beginning of reconstruction.[4]

During the initial phase of negotiations on the renewal with the local authorities, a wooden cross was erected at the location of the old church.[4] In 2007, the building of a new, identical Church of Pentecost began.[4] The final blessing and reinstatement in function happened in 2012.[2] In the meantime, the church restored a part of its looted original iconostasis, and an anonymous source reported the location of the old bells, which were then put in function.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Filip Škiljan (2025). "Stradanje hramova Srpske pravoslavne crkve u ratu u Hrvatskoj 1991. - 1995. i poraću (1996. - 1997.)" [Destruction of Serb orthodox churches in the war in Croatia 1991 - 1995 and the immediate post-war period (1996 - 1997)]. Tragovi: Journal for Serbian and Croatian Topics (in Croatian). 8 (1): 7–46.
  2. 1 2 "Posvećena ponovno sagrađena pravoslavna crkva u Vinkovcima". Glas Slavonije (in Croatian). 2012-10-29. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  3. ↑ "Pravoslavna crkva iz 1793. u Vinkovcima". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 2008-04-29. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Obrenović, Mladen (2012-03-05). "Zlo u ratu, dobrota u miru". Novosti (in Serbian). No. 585. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  5. ↑ "Novi hram na temeljima srušene svetinje". Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
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