Orthodox Church of The Ascension

Beautiful

Didn’t visit inside but the building is stunning! ⛪️

I quite see the attraction of how people pray here in everyday life.

Nice church. Beautiful frescoes inside.

The Church of the Ascension is a Serbian Orthodox church in downtown Belgrade. It still uses the bell under which the Hatisheriff of 1830 was announced, by which the Ottoman Empire granted autonomy to Serbia. The church was declared a cultural monument in 1969.

Below the churchyard was one of Belgrade's air raid shelters. During the German bombing of Belgrade on 6 April 1941, bombs directly hit the churchyard, killing 200 people. A memorial marble cross commemorating the victims was built in the 1970s. It was also hit during the bombing of Belgrade by the Allies in 1944.

Beautiful 19. century church in the hearth of Belgrade. Inside you can see a peace of Despot Stefan Lazarević, practically the founder of ortodox Belgrade. You will make great photos.

I just went to the church for a few minutes, because there was a bus waiting in the front of the church to take us (the group) for an outing/excursion to the Monastery KOVILJ and TITEL in Vojvodina. I wrote about it yesterday, 17.05.2021. But this Orthodox Church, oh, I have many nice memories...Like participating in concerts there with the choir.