Church of St. George, Tovarnik

{{Infobox church

| name = Church of St. George

| fullname = Crkva svetog Đorđa
Црква Светог Ђорђа

| dedication = St. George{{cite web|url=http://www.eparhija-sremska.rs/arhijerejska-namesnistva/sidsko/|title=Šidsko arhijerejsko namesništo|publisher=Eparchy of Srem|access-date=25 August 2017|archive-date=22 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122171429/http://www.eparhija-sremska.rs/arhijerejska-namesnistva/sidsko/|url-status=dead}}

| image = Српска православна црква у Товарнику 01.JPG

| caption = Church of St. George

| pushpin map =

| pushpin mapsize = 200px

| map caption = Shown within Vukovar-Srijem County

| denomination = Serbian Orthodox

| architect =

| style = Baroque and Classicism

| completed date = 1799{{cite web|url=https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/tovarnik |title=Tovarnik|website=www.enciklopedija.hr|publisher=Croatian Encyclopedia|language=hr|access-date=25 August 2017}}

| archdiocese = Eparchy of Srem

| country = Croatia

| location = Tovarnik

| coordinates = {{coord|45|10|0|N|19|9|0|E|region:HR_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

}}

The Church of St. George ({{langx|hr|Crkva svetog Georgija}}, {{lang-sr-Cyrl|Црква Светог Ђорђа}}) in Tovarnik is a Serbian Orthodox church in eastern Croatia built in 1799. Together with the Orthodox church in Ilok and Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva, it is under the spiritual jurisdiction of the Eparchy of Srem with the seat in Sremski Karlovci, contrary to most of the other Serbian Orthodox churches in eastern Croatia that are under the Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja.{{cite web|url=http://arhiva.portalnovosti.com/2012/07/pokrajine-117/ |title=Pokrajine Broj 657|last= Ličina|first= Đorđe|date=21 July 2012|website=www.portalnovosti.com|publisher=Novosti (Croatia)|language=hr|access-date=13 August 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.zvo.hr/arhiva%20jul%202012.htm |title=ВЛАДИКА ВАСИЛИЈЕ ПОСЕТИО ВУКОВАРСКО-СРЕМСКУ ЖУПАНИЈУ|website=www.zvo.hr|publisher=Joint Council of Municipalities|access-date=13 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921123106/http://www.zvo.hr/arhiva%20jul%202012.htm|archive-date=21 September 2012}}

History

The Church of St. George was built in 1799. At the end of World War II, after the fall of Nazi and Ustaša forces on the Syrmian Front, a group of 51 local ethnic Danube Swabians and Croats were killed on the church ground by Yugoslav Partisans.{{cite web|url=http://www.politikaplus.com/novost/69118/u-tovarniku-obiljezena-68.-obljetnica-stradanja-hrvata-i-nijemaca |title=OBLJETNICA: U Tovarniku obilježena 68. obljetnica stradanja Hrvata i Nijemaca|date=7 December 2012|language=hr|access-date=25 August 2017}} In 2012, unknown perpetrators broke the church's windows by hitting stones at them during the night.{{cite web|url=https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/razbili-stakla-na-pravoslavnoj-crkvi-u-tovarniku-436607 |title=Razbili stakla na pravoslavnoj crkvi u Tovarniku|publisher=Večernji list|language=hr|access-date=25 August 2017}}

See also

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