Church of Holy Trinity, Velika Reka
| Church of Holy Trinity Црква Свете Тројице у Великој Реци Kisha e Shën Trinisë në Rekë të Madhe | |
|---|---|
| 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[edit]
The church was constructed in 1997 on the foundations of an older church 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[edit]
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 the Albanians 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[edit]
External links[edit]
- 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 Archived 2016-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Serbian Orthodox church buildings in Kosovo
- Destroyed churches in Kosovo
- Former Serbian Orthodox churches
- 20th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings
- 1926 establishments in Europe
- Churches in Vushtrri
- Persecution of Serbs
- Religious organizations established in the 1920s
- Religious buildings and structures converted into mosques
- Cultural heritage of Kosovo