St. Michael's Cathedral (Belgrade)

The Cathedral of St.. Archangel Michael, even called Cathedral ( Serbian: Саборна црква / Saborna Crkva ) is a Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade in Serbia. The cathedral is the seat of archeparchy of Belgrade and Karlovci of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

History

The cathedral was built on the site of an older church building from the period of Austrian rule in Belgrade ( 1718-1739 ). This church building was damaged so far with the surrender of Belgrade to the Ottomans, it had to be demolished in 1763. In its place, a wooden church was later built in 1795 and finally a small church made ​​of solid material, but without the bell tower.

The construction of the new cathedral began then in 1837 at the behest of Prince Miloš Obrenović and lasted until 1845. Was consecrated to the Archangel Michael. The cathedral was designed by Franz Janke in the style of classicism with elements from the Baroque, it was based on the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Karlovci. The construction management took over, originally from Pančevo builder Adam Friedrich Kwerfeld. The iconostasis created by the sculptor Dimitrije Petrović, while the icons and frescoes in the then-known painter Dimitrije Avramović anfertigte.

Others

In the cathedral, the remains of Tsar Stefan Uroš V. and the despot Stefan Štiljanović were transferred. It shall further as grave lay some Serbian Orthodox Patriarch, the dynasty of the Obrenović, the Serbian enlightener Dositej Obradovic and Vuk Stefanović Karadžić language reformer.

Opposite the cathedral, the present patriarch palace was built in 1934-1935, was responsible for the emigrated from Russia architect Viktor Lukomsky. In addition to the Patriarch Palace is the Austrian Embassy in Belgrade.