Church of Saint Parascheva, Slabinja explained

Church of Saint Parascheva
Native Name:Храм Преподобне мати Параскеве
Native Name Lang:sr
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Coordinates:45.2106°N 16.6672°W
Location:Slabinja, Sisak-Moslavina County
Denomination:Serbian Orthodox
Tradition:Eastern Orthodox Church
Dedication:Parascheva of the Balkans
Status:Church
Functional Status:Abandoned
Architect:R. Battigelli
Style:Baroque, Eastern Orthodox
Parish:Kostajnica and Dubica
Diocese:Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac
Archpriest:Slaviša Simaković[1]

Church of Saint Parascheva (Serbian: 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]

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

See 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sveta Petka u Slabinji . banija.rs . 27 October 2019 . 7 January 2020.
  2. Book: Kosovac . Mata . Srpska pravoslavna Mitropolija Karlovačka: po podacima od 1905 . 1910 . Sremski Karlovci . sr.
  3. Book: Strategija lokalnog razvoja područja LAG-a Una 2011-2013 . 2010 . LAG Una . Dvor .
  4. Book: Škiljan . Filip . Kulturno-historijski spomenici Banije . 2008 . . Zagreb . 99 . 25 June 2018 . hr . 7 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160807230709/https://snv.hr/file/attachment/file/banija-compressed.pdf . dead .
  5. Book: Cvitanović . Đurđica . Sakralna arhitektura baroknog razdoblja, knjiga I. . 1985 . Gorički i gorsko-dubički arhiđakonat . Zagreb . 206. sh.
  6. Book: Miljanović . M. . Devastacija pravoslavnih crkava u Hrvatskoj – gornjokarlovačka Eparhija . January 1991 . Srpski glas . Topusko . 10–11. sr.
  7. Web site: Episkop Gerasim u Slabinji . banija.rs . 5 June 2017 . 25 June 2018. sr.
  8. Web site: Episkop Gerasim u poseti parohije kostajničke . eparhija-gornjokarlovacka.hr . 7 January 2020.