Church of Holy Trinity, Velika Reka
| Church of Holy Trinity Црква Свете Тројице у Великој Реци | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Serbian Orthodox |
| Year consecrated | 1997 |
| Location | |
| Location | Velika Reka, Kosovo |
Church of Holy Trinity was a Serbian Orthodox Church located in the village of Velika Reka, in the municipality of Vučitrn, in Kosovo and Metohija. It belonged to the Diocese of Raška and Prizren of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
The history of the church
The church was constructed in 1997 on the foundations of an older temple that was built in 1926 by Serbian Colonel Milan Pribićević and his wife Ruža. Newly built church was founded and constructed by Dimitrije and Ljiljana Ljiljak.[1]
The destruction of the church in 1999
On 20 June 1999, shortly after the arrival of the French KFOR troops, the church was dynamited, burned and then destroyed to the ground. On the part of the churchyard Albanians have built the school and the mosque. All the centuries-old oak trees that were near the church were cut down and taken away.[2]
References
Еxternal links
- The list of destroyed and desecrated churches in Kosovo and Metohija June-October 1999 (Списак уништених и оскрнављених цркава на Косову и Метохији јун-октобар 1999)
- Deleted church, jedinstvo.rs
- Serbian Orthodox churches in Kosovo
- Destroyed churches in Kosovo
- Former Serbian Orthodox churches
- Attacks on churches
- 20th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings
- 1926 establishments in Europe
- Vučitrn
- Persecution of Serbs
- Religious organizations established in the 1920s
- Destruction of churches by Muslims
- Places of worship converted into mosques
- Cultural heritage of Kosovo