Church of St. George, Bobota

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| fullname = Crkva svetog Đorđa
Црква светог Ђорђа

| dedication = St. George

| image = Bobota - Бобота 01.jpg

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| denomination = Serbian Orthodox

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| style = Baroque and Classicism

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| archdiocese = Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja

| country = Croatia

| location = Bobota

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The Church of St. George ({{langx|hr|Crkva svetog Đorđa}}, {{lang-sr-Cyrl|Црква светог Ђорђа}}) in Bobota is Serbian Orthodox church in eastern Croatia. The church is famous for its icons in the iconostasis that were painted in 1778.{{cite web|url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/pravoslavnoj-crkvi-u-boboti-vracene-ikone/240556.aspx |title=Pravoslavnoj crkvi u Boboti vraćene ikone - Vijesti.net |work=Index.hr |date=2004-12-21 |language=hr | access-date=2012-09-10}} During the Croatian War of Independence, administration of Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja sent the icons on the restoration{{cite web |url=http://reantica.org/html/dobitnici.html |title=Dobitnici nagrade Milorad Medić |access-date=2011-12-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129004718/http://reantica.org/html/dobitnici.html |archive-date=29 November 2011 }} (Danijela Korolija Crkvenjakov>Bibliografija>Elaborat o konzervaciji i restauraciji prestone zone ikonostasa srpske pravoslavne crkve u Boboti) and preservation in Vojvodina. The icons were returned to the church after the end of war.{{cite web |url=http://www.matica.hr/vijenac/vijenac281.nsf/AllWebDocs/KULTURNAKRONIKA |title=Matica hrvatska – Povrat kulturnih dobara otuđenih iz Hrvatske |publisher=Matica.hr |date=2001-11-16 |access-date=2012-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050313203245/http://www.matica.hr/Vijenac/vijenac281.nsf/AllWebDocs/KULTURNAKRONIKA |archive-date=13 March 2005 |url-status=dead }} The decision to remove the cultural property from the church caused controversy and was an open issue in Croatia–Serbia relations up until the final return of icons.

History

First Eastern Orthodox Christians in Bobota are mentioned in document from 1366 during the Kingdom of Hungary rule in the region.{{cite web |url=https://srbi.hr/pravoslavni-hramovi-u-boboti-i-bijelom-brdu/ |title=Pravoslavni hramovi u Boboti i Bijelom Brdu |date=20 April 2018 |publisher=Srbi.hr, Joint Council of Municipalities |access-date=3 September 2021 }} 30 Serb households are mentioned in 1558 during the Ottoman Hungary period. One older Serbian Orthodox church, mentioned in 1733, existed at the site of the present day church. The decision to build a new one was made in 1762 when the Village Knez (petty nobility title) Jovan Nedeljković. Until 1866 the village was organized into two Serbian Orthodox parishes with two priests with families living in Bobota. Up until the beginning of the World War I the church tower had a 600 kilogram four rings built in Pest which were then confiscated by the Austro-Hungarian Army. After the establishment of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes new four rings of 1400 kilograms were made in Ljubljana. During the World War II in Yugoslavia and the Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia the church was converted into a Roman Catholic church. At the final stage of the war in 1945, Yugoslav Partisans burned down the parish building which was next to the church. The new parish building was built in 1952 during the early years of the existence of the Socialist Republic of Croatia.

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Category:18th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings

Bobota

Church of St. George, Bobota

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