St. Mark's Church, Belgrade

The St. Mark's Church ( Serbian: Црква Светог Марка / Crkva Svetog Marka) is a Serb Orthodox church in Belgrade in Serbia. The church is located in Tašmajdan park in Belgrade, close to the Serbian Parliament, and is dedicated to the Evangelist Mark. Next to the church there is a small Russian Orthodox church, which is considered the embassy of the Russian Orthodox Church. The church belongs to archeparchy of Belgrade and Karlovci of the Serbian Orthodox Church

History

The St. Mark's Church was built in 1931-1940 in place of an older church (1835 ). It is built in the so-called Serbian -Byzantine style by the architects Petar and Branko Krstić and recalls in particular the monastery of Gracanica. Until the construction of the Cathedral of Sts. Sava was the Church of Sts. Mark as largest Orthodox Church in the former Yugoslavia. As with the Cathedral of St.. Sava prevented the Second World War, the completion of the church, so that large areas in the interior are still in shell condition.

In the church there is, inter alia, the grave lay of the Serbian Tsar Stefan Dušan and the last king of the House of Obrenović ', Aleksandar Obrenović and Draga Masin his wife.