The Orthodox Cathedral of Saint George (Serbian

Serbian language

Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....

 Cyrillic: Саборни храм Светог великомученика Георгија) is a head church of Serbian Orthodox eparchy of Bačka

Eparchy of Backa

The Eparchy of Bačka is an ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Bačka region, Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina and seat of the eparchy is in Novi Sad.-History:...

. It is located in Novi Sad

Novi Sad

Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....

, capital of Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

n province Vojvodina

Vojvodina

Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...

; next to the eparchy offices in Bishop's Palace, in Nikole Pašića Street. It is commonly known as Saborna crkva

Saborna crkva

Saborna crkva means Orthodox Cathedral church in Serbian. It may refer to the following cathedrals:* St. Michael's Cathedral * Saint George's Cathedral * Holy Trinity Cathedral * Serb Orthodox Cathedral...

(Cathedral Church) among the city residents.

History

Present-day temple was built between 1860 and 1905, after the old temple was almost totally destroyed in the Revolution of 1848/1849

Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas

From March 1848 through July 1849, the Habsburg Austrian Empire was threatened by revolutionary movements. Much of the revolutionary activity was of a nationalist character: the empire, ruled from Vienna, included Austrian Germans, Hungarians, Slovenes, Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, Ruthenians,...

. The church was built on the place of older one, dating from 1734.

Features

The Novi Sad Orthodox Cathedral is dedicated to the Saint George

Saint George

Saint George was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic , Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and the Oriental Orthodox...

. Inside the church there are 33 icons on the iconostasis, historical pictures above both choirs, as well as two large throne icons, painted by painter Paja Jovanović

Paja Jovanovic

Pavle "Paja" Jovanović was the most prominent Serbian Realist painter alongside Uroš Predić. He is considered one of Serbia's greatest academic painters. His most famous and recognizable paintings include Serbian Migrations, Crowning of Stefan Dušan, Takovo Uprising, Cockfighting, Decorating of...

, which are considered to be his best ecclesiastical works.

See also

• Saint George: Devotions, traditions and prayers
  Saint George: Devotions, traditions and prayers
  Saint George is one of Christianity's most popular saints, and is highly honored by both the Western and Eastern Churches. A wide range of devotions, traditions, and prayers to honor the saint have emerged throughout the centuries. He has for long been distinguished by the title of "The Great...
  
  
• Religious architecture in Novi Sad
  Religious architecture in Novi Sad
  Religious architecture in Novi Sad is very diverse. Majority of the believers in Novi Sad are from Serbian Orthodox Church, while others are from Roman Catholic Church, many Protestant churches, and Jewish community...
  
  
• Religion in Vojvodina
  Religion in Vojvodina
  The dominant religion in Vojvodina is Orthodox Christianity , while other important religions of the region are Catholic Christianity, Protestant Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.-2002 census data:...
  
  
• Religion in Serbia
  Religion in Serbia
  Serbia is a multi-religious country. The dominant religion is Orthodox Christianity , but there are also some adherents of Islam , and Catholic Christianity , as well as adherents of other...