Building Name: | Odžaklija |
Location: | Leskovac, |
Religious Affiliation: | Serbian Orthodoxy |
Leadership: | Serbian Orthodox Church |
Year Completed: | 1805-1812 |
The Odžaklija church (Serbian: Оџаклија, Chimney church also known as the Old church, Стара црква) is an early 19th-century Serbian Orthodox church located in Leskovac, Serbia.
It was built during the First Serbian Uprising of the Serbian revolution. The Ottoman Empire forbade the locals to build a church, so the people announced the building of a home to the town priest, adding a nonfunctioning chimney to fool the Turkish lords.