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The creation of a mosaic in the Church of St. Sava in Belgrade is completed, Pravoslavie news agency reports. The total area of the images is 15,000 square meters, craftsmen and specialists from Russia were directly involved in the production and installation of the mosaic.
The Church of St. Sava on Vracar is one of the main architectural monuments in Serbia and one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world. It was built on the site of the burning of the relics of Saint Sava by the Ottoman authorities in 1594. The cathedral was planned to be built at the end of the 19th century, but the construction of the temple was started only in the mid-thirties. Later, it was interrupted by the Second World War. The erection of the dome was completed in 1989, the temple was officially opened only in 2004, but the creation of the interior decoration continued until recently.
Russia financed the restoration of the dome and mosaic with an area of 1248 square meters. The mosaic adorns the altar and the central part of the Church of St. Sava and is the result of collaboration between Russian and Serbian craftsmen.
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