Holy Trinity Cathedral (Niš)
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The Holy Trinity Cathedral (Serbian: Саборни храм Силаска Светог Духа на Апостоле, Saborni hram Silaska Svetog Duha na Apostole) is the seat of Eparchy of Niš. After the Church of St. Sava and the Church of St. Mark in Belgrade, the Cathedral Church in Niš is the largest in Serbia.[1]
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Holy Trinity Cathedral | |
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Саборни храм Свете Тројице | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Serbian Orthodox |
District | Nišava |
Region | Southeastern Serbia |
Leadership | Branislav Cincarević |
Year consecrated | 1878 |
Location | |
Location | Prijezdina 7, Niš |
Municipality | Medijana |
Country | Serbia |
Geographic coordinates | 43.3151°N 21.8963°E / 43.3151; 21.8963 |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Andrey Damyanov and Aleksandar Medvedev |
Groundbreaking | 1856 |
Completed | 1872 |
The Niš Cathedral, both in terms of its architecture and the icons made for the iconostasis, occupies an important place in the Serbian history of art. Different stylistic motives are present on the church: Serbian-Byzantine, Romanesque-Byzantine and Islamic architecture, but also Renaissance and Western Baroque. Such a conception of landmarks is a turning point in the history of Serbian architecture, which is reflected in the abandonment of the classical conception and the creation of national landmarks.
The Cathedral Church in Niš was severely damaged in the Allied bombing in 1944 and in the fire in 2001.