{"id":29801,"date":"2026-01-10T17:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T17:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/?page_id=29801"},"modified":"2026-04-11T17:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:02:37","slug":"crkva-aleksandra-nevskog-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/en\/crkva-aleksandra-nevskog-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CRKVA ALEKSANDRA NEVSKOG"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-29801\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-29801-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-29801-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-29801-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">WHERE IS IT?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>The Church of Saint Alexander Nevsky is located on Cara Du\u0161ana Street, just a short distance from the First Belgrade Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-29801-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-29801-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2830.0560982545317!2d20.463346675722864!3d44.82042177616263!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x475a7ab680f078d9%3A0x21a96b86335fed20!2sSt.%20Alexandar%20Nevsky%20Serbian%20Orthodox%20Church!5e0!3m2!1sen!2srs!4v1768064455972!5m2!1sen!2srs\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-29801-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-29801-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-29801-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">THE HISTORY<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"665\">The idea of building a church in Dor\u0107ol emerged just before the Serbo-Turkish Wars of 1876\u20131878, at a time when Serbia was on high alert and seeking the support of the great powers. The arrival of Russian volunteers had both military and symbolic significance: it expressed Pan-Slavic and Pan-Orthodox solidarity and provided moral and logistical support to the small Serbian army, which was significantly weaker than the Ottoman forces. Although the First Serbo-Turkish War did not end in victory, the presence of Russian officers, soldiers, and medical personnel strengthened Serbia\u2019s international position.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"1169\">In 1876, along with the Russian volunteer corps led by General \u010cernjajev, a mobile Russian military church\u2014a cast-iron chapel dedicated to Saint Alexander Nevsky\u2014arrived in Belgrade. The chapel was used for worship services, funerals of fallen soldiers, and other religious rites, and its location moved according to the course of the war. The iconostasis with icons, painted by the Russian artist A. Kolchin in 1876, has been preserved and is still kept today at the Rajinovac Monastery near Grocka.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1171\" data-end=\"1787\">The cult of Alexander Nevsky emerged within the framework of Russian medieval tradition, yet from its inception it carried a strong political and ideological dimension. As a thirteenth-century prince and military leader, Nevsky was depicted in historical and religious narratives as a defender of Orthodoxy and a pillar of state order, a role further reinforced by his canonization in the sixteenth century. From the reign of Peter the Great onward, the cult of Alexander Nevsky was systematically employed to affirm the continuity of Russian state power. This interpretation endured into the Soviet period, when Nevsky was reappropriated as a symbol of patriotism and resistance to foreign enemies.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1789\" data-end=\"2210\">In the Serbian context, Alexander Nevsky has no direct historical connection; rather, his cult was cultivated within the Pan-Slavic and Pan-Orthodox ideas of the 19th and 20th centuries. The Church of Saint Alexander Nevsky in Belgrade reflects that Nevsky\u2019s figure symbolized the spiritual and historical closeness of Serbia and Russia, embodying the protective role that Russia historically played in Serbian affairs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1789\" data-end=\"2210\"><a href=\"http:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1029.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29850 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1397\" height=\"1637\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Dor\u0107ol expanded and the Orthodox population grew, a citizens\u2019 committee was formed that same year to build a permanent church. The Belgrade municipality allocated land on the site of a former mosque, between today\u2019s Cara Du\u0161ana, Dubrova\u010dka, and Skenderbegova streets. The first modest Church of Saint Alexander Nevsky was completed in 1877 and consecrated on October 1, using liturgical items from the Russian chapel.<\/p>\n<p>This church served the Dor\u0107ol faithful until 1891, when it was demolished to make way for an elementary school, with the municipality promising to build a new church. Church items were temporarily stored in the Cathedral Church, while services were held in the chapel at the House of Saint Sava and later in a school at the Danube end.<\/p>\n<p>In 1892\u20131893, the municipality purchased a new plot and began construction based on a design by architect Mihailo Milovanovi\u0107, in the Serbian-Byzantine style. However, due to problems with underground water and foundation cracking, construction was halted, and the plot was eventually sold. A private one-story house was later built on the site, which still stands today, oriented eastward with a rounded section reminiscent of a church apse.<\/p>\n<p>A new plot was subsequently acquired at the location where the Church of Saint Alexander Nevsky now stands. The design for the new church was created by Jelisaveta Na\u010di\u0107, the first female architect in Serbia and the architect of the Belgrade municipality, marking the conclusion of a long and complex process of planning and finding a permanent site for the church in Dor\u0107ol.<\/p>\n<p>Construction was again delayed due to the outbreak of the war with Turkey in 1912. Work resumed in 1927, with some modifications to Na\u010di\u0107\u2019s original design made by architects Pera Popovi\u0107 and Vasilije Androsov. These changes mainly involved technical improvements, materials, and richer decoration of the facades and interior. That same year, the church received a gift of a marble iconostasis, two altars, and an ambo from the church at Oplenac, made of white Ven\u010dac marble. In 1928, the church was built up and roofed; in 1929, the remaining construction work was completed; and in 1930, the iconostasis and bells were installed, a marble floor was laid, the walls were painted, and the churchyard was arranged.<\/p>\n<p>In the northern choir, a memorial ossuary was built dedicated to fallen soldiers from the liberation wars of 1876\u20131878, the Balkan Wars of 1912\u20131913, and World War I (1914\u20131918), based on a design by Mihailo Milojkovi\u0107.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-29801-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-29801-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image-grid panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image-grid so-widget-sow-image-grid-default-8bf08a9600e8-29801\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"sow-image-grid-wrapper\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-image-grid-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">THE DESIGN<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"537\">The Church of Saint Alexander Nevsky is designed in the Serbian-Byzantine style, which draws on the revival of medieval Serbian church architecture, with a particular influence from the Morava School. The church has a trefoil plan, with three semicircular apses and a narthex on the west side. Above the central space, supported by four columns and arches, rises an octagonal dome, while a bell tower is positioned above the narthex.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"791\">The iconostasis was not created specifically for this church but was a gift from the church at Oplenac. Made of white marble, it reflects the style of the Morava School. The icons on the iconostasis were painted by Boris Seljanko in 1930 in Belgrade.<a href=\"http:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1026-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29836 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1026-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1185\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1026-1.jpg 1185w, https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1026-1-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1026-1-1024x696.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1026-1-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1026-1-50x34.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1185px) 100vw, 1185px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"793\" data-end=\"985\">The wall paintings in the church were executed in the al-secco technique between 1970 and 1972 by Hieromonk Naum Andri\u0107, in the spirit of medieval Serbian ecclesiastical painting traditions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"987\" data-end=\"1342\">The church also houses several individual icons, including a prominent icon of Saint Alexander Nevsky from the first half of the 19th century, created by the renowned Polish painter Jan Matejko (circa 1890). This icon was gifted to King Alexander Kara\u0111or\u0111evi\u0107 by the President of Poland, J\u00f3zef Pi\u0142sudski, and was later donated by the king to the church.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1344\" data-end=\"1592\">The cult of Alexander Nevsky, as demonstrated by the example of the Belgrade church, has surpassed the boundaries of religious devotion and become a political symbol, highlighting the historical and spiritual connection between Serbia and Russia.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1344\" data-end=\"1592\"><a href=\"http:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29841 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1031.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1456\" height=\"2184\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1594\" data-end=\"2098\">A bronze bust of Prince Alexander Nevsky was installed in the church courtyard in 2021, on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of his birth. It was a gift from the city of Saint Petersburg to Belgrade. The Mayor of Belgrade drew a parallel between Alexander Nevsky and the Serbian hero Prince Lazar, while the Governor of Saint Petersburg and the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church emphasized the monument as a symbol of friendship, spiritual unity, and historical ties between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2100\" data-end=\"2288\">The fact that identical bronze busts of Alexander Nevsky exist in several cities across Russia\u2014at the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Saint Petersburg, on Cathedral Square in Krasnodar, and in Astrakhan\u2014points to a politically constructed memorial practice. Such formal uniformity suggests the presence of a standardized narrative of remembrance that favors ideologically desirable interpretations of the past.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-29801-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-29801-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image-grid panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image-grid so-widget-sow-image-grid-default-8bf08a9600e8-29801\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"sow-image-grid-wrapper\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-image-grid-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1254\" height=\"1913\" src=\"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9455.jpg\" class=\"sow-image-grid-image_html\" alt=\"\" title=\"crkva aleksandar nevski\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9455.jpg 1254w, https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9455-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9455-671x1024.jpg 671w, https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9455-768x1172.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9455-1007x1536.jpg 1007w, https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9455-33x50.jpg 33w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1254px) 100vw, 1254px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-image-grid-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1344\" height=\"1792\" src=\"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1015-1-1.jpg\" class=\"sow-image-grid-image_html\" alt=\"\" title=\"crkva aleksandar nevski\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1015-1-1.jpg 1344w, https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1015-1-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1015-1-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1015-1-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1015-1-1-38x50.jpg 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-image-grid-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1076\" height=\"1120\" src=\"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1004.jpg\" class=\"sow-image-grid-image_html\" alt=\"\" title=\"crkva aleksandar nevski\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1004.jpg 1076w, https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1004-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1004-984x1024.jpg 984w, https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1004-768x799.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1004-48x50.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1076px) 100vw, 1076px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-image-grid-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"703\" height=\"966\" src=\"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9453-1-e1768134967308.jpg\" class=\"sow-image-grid-image_html\" alt=\"\" title=\"crkva aleksandar nevski\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9453-1-e1768134967308.jpg 703w, https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9453-1-e1768134967308-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/beotura.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9453-1-e1768134967308-36x50.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Church of Saint Alexander Nevsky is located on Cara Du\u0161ana Street, just a short distance from the First Belgrade Gymnasium. The idea of building a church in Dor\u0107ol emerged just before the Serbo-Turkish Wars of 1876\u20131878, at a time when Serbia was on high alert and seeking the support of the great powers. The&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/en\/crkva-aleksandra-nevskog-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CRKVA ALEKSANDRA NEVSKOG<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29801","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"wppr_data":{"cwp_meta_box_check":"No"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29801"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30773,"href":"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29801\/revisions\/30773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}