Church of St. George, Tovarnik explained

Church of St. George
Fullname:Crkva svetog Đorđa
Црква Светог Ђорђа
Dedication:St. George[1]
Pushpin Mapsize:200px
Map Caption:Shown within Vukovar-Srijem County
Denomination:Serbian Orthodox
Style:Baroque and Classicism
Completed Date:1799[2]
Archdiocese:Eparchy of Srem
Country:Croatia
Location:Tovarnik
Coordinates:45.1667°N 19.15°W

The Church of St. George (Croatian: Crkva svetog Georgija,[2] Serbian: Црква Светог Ђорђа) in Tovarnik is a Serbian Orthodox church in eastern Croatia built in 1799.[2] Together with the Orthodox church in Ilok and Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva, it is under the spiritual jurisdiction of the Eparchy of Srem with the seat in Sremski Karlovci, contrary to most of the other Serbian Orthodox churches in eastern Croatia that are under the Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja.[3] [4]

History

The Church of St. George was built in 1799. At the end of World War II, after the fall of Nazi and Ustaša forces on the Syrmian Front, a group of 51 local ethnic Danube Swabians and Croats were killed on the church ground by Yugoslav Partisans.[5] In 2012, unknown perpetrators broke the church's windows by hitting stones at them during the night.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Šidsko arhijerejsko namesništo. Eparchy of Srem. 25 August 2017. 22 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180122171429/http://www.eparhija-sremska.rs/arhijerejska-namesnistva/sidsko/. dead.
  2. Web site: Tovarnik. www.enciklopedija.hr. Croatian Encyclopedia. hr. 25 August 2017.
  3. Web site: Pokrajine Broj 657. Ličina. Đorđe. 21 July 2012. www.portalnovosti.com. Novosti (Croatia). hr. 13 August 2017.
  4. Web site: ВЛАДИКА ВАСИЛИЈЕ ПОСЕТИО ВУКОВАРСКО-СРЕМСКУ ЖУПАНИЈУ. www.zvo.hr. Joint Council of Municipalities. 13 August 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120921123106/http://www.zvo.hr/arhiva%20jul%202012.htm. 21 September 2012.
  5. Web site: OBLJETNICA: U Tovarniku obilježena 68. obljetnica stradanja Hrvata i Nijemaca. 7 December 2012. hr. 25 August 2017.
  6. Web site: Razbili stakla na pravoslavnoj crkvi u Tovarniku. Večernji list. hr. 25 August 2017.