Religious architecture 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....

is very diverse. Majority of the believers in Novi Sad are from Serbian Orthodox Church

Serbian Orthodox Church

The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia...

, while others are from Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...

, many Protestant

Protestantism

Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...

 churches, and Jewish community. Stari Grad

Stari Grad, Novi Sad

Stari Grad is a neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is the main part of Novi Sad, and it is also known as City Centre...

 is place with majority of churches and temples, and they are all built in the 18th and 19th century.

The oldest religious building in the city was Orthodox church dedicated to Saint John

John the Baptist

John the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...

. This church was built in 1700, but was burned in the 1848/49 revolution

Hungarian Revolution of 1848

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. It was rebuilt in 1853, but was razed in 1921.

Orthodox churches

The main Orthodox church in the City is The Orthodox Cathedral of Saint George (Saborna Crkva

Saborna Crkva

The Cathedral Church of St. Michael the Archangel is a Serb Orthodox Christian church in the centre of Belgrade, Serbia. It is one of the most important places of worship in the country...

 svetog Đorđa), built in 1742, it is next to the Bishop’s Palace, the seat of the 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:...

. In city centre there are also the Church of Holy Dormition (Uspenska crkva), built in 1736, Almaš Church (Almaška crkva) in Almaški Kraj

Almaški Kraj

Almaški Kraj is a part of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is situated between the Almaška church and the Saborna church and includes parts of the Podbara, Salajka and Stari Grad neighborhoods.-History and culture:...

, built in 1797 and Russian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas (Nikolajevska crkva), built in 1730. There is also Church of Presentation (Vavedenjska crkva) in Petrovaradin

Petrovaradin

Petrovaradin , is part of the agglomeration of Novi Sad in Serbia...

, as well as an Orthodox church in Sremska Kamenica

Sremska Kamenica

Sremska Kamenica is a town and urban neighborhood of Novi Sad, in Serbia.-Name:In Serbian, the town is known as Sremska Kamenica , in Croatian as Srijemska Kamenica, in Hungarian as Kamanc, and in German as Kamenitz.-Geography:The town is located in the Syrmia region, on the northern slopes of the...

, built in 1737–1758.

In the 1990s, at end of the state socialist period in Serbia

Serbia

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, numerous new Serbian Orthodox churches were built in Novi Sad's neighbourhoods: in Klisa, Telep

Telep

Telep is a neighborhood of Novi Sad, in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. Telep is located in the western part of the city and it covers an area of 3.45 km².-Name:...

, Novo Naselje

Bistrica (Novo Naselje)

Bistrica , also known as Novo Naselje , is a neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad, the capital of the Serbian province of Vojvodina. The first houses at this locality were built in 1957.-Name:...

, Detelinara

Detelinara

Detelinara is a neighbourhood of the city of Novi Sad in the Serbian province of Vojvodina.-Borders:The south-eastern borders of Detelinara are Ulica Branka Bajića and Ulica Braće Popović , the north-eastern border is Rumenačka ulica , the northern border is Ulica Oblačića Rada , and...

, Petrovaradin

Petrovaradin

Petrovaradin , is part of the agglomeration of Novi Sad in Serbia...

, Paragovo

Paragovo

Paragovo is a hamlet in the urban area of Novi Sad and one of the neighborhoods of Sremska Kamenica, in Serbia.It is located between three hills, Popovica on the west and Glavica and Čardak on the east; at the entrance of Sremska Kamenica, from Ruma and Fruška Gora...

, and Veternik

Veternik

Veternik is a suburban settlement near Novi Sad, Serbia. It is located between Novi Sad and Futog. Its population numbers 16,895 and most of its inhabitants are ethnic Serbs...

. These new churches are all built in Neo-Byzantine architecture

Neo-Byzantine architecture

The Byzantine Revival was an architectural revival movement, most frequently seen in religious, institutional and public buildings. It emerged in 1840s in Western Europe and peaked in the last quarter of 19th century in the Russian Empire; an isolated Neo-Byzantine school was active in Yugoslavia...

, which is more Balkanic

Balkans

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 architecture and very different from the older Orthodox churches in the city, which are of a more Central Europe

Central Europe

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-type architecture.

Kovilj Monastery

Kovilj monastery

The Kovilj Monastery is a 13th century Serb Orthodox monastery in the Bačka region, in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is near the village of Kovilj, in the Novi Sad municipality. The monastery was renovated in 1705-1707...

 is the only Orthodox monastery in the municipal area of Novi Sad. It is located near the village of Kovilj

Kovilj

Kovilj is a village located in the Novi Sad municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...

. It was reconstructed in 1705-07 and according to the legend, the monastery was founded by the first Serb archbishop Saint Sava

Saint Sava

Saint Sava was a Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law and literature, and a diplomat. Sava was born Rastko Nemanjić , the youngest son of Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja , and ruled the appanage of Hum briefly in...

 in the 13th century.

Roman Catholic churches

Although Roman Catholic churches and worshippers are a minority in the city, for historical reasons, The Name of Mary Church

The Name of Mary Church

The Name of Mary Church is a Roman Catholic church named after Virgin Mary. It is in the capital of Serbian province of Vojvodina, Novi Sad...

 (Crkva imena Marijinog) dominates city centre and it is one of the most recognised structures in Novi Sad. Built in Gothic Revival architecture

Gothic Revival architecture

The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...

, in 1895 on the site of an older church, which was burnt down, it is the tallest temple in the Bačka

Backa

Bačka is a geographical area within the Pannonian plain bordered by the river Danube to the west and south, and by the river Tisza to the east of which confluence is located near Titel...

 region. There are also two more Roman Catholic churches in the city, one in Telep

Telep

Telep is a neighborhood of Novi Sad, in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. Telep is located in the western part of the city and it covers an area of 3.45 km².-Name:...

 and one in Grbavica

Grbavica (Novi Sad)

Grbavica is a neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad in the Serbian province of Vojvodina.-Borders:The northern border of Grbavica is Futoška ulica , the western borders are Ulica Vojvode Knićanina and Ulica Kola srpskih sestara , the southern border is Bulevar Cara Lazara , and the...

 (in Futoška street). There are also three Catholic churches in Petrovaradin

Petrovaradin

Petrovaradin , is part of the agglomeration of Novi Sad in Serbia...

 and one in Sremska Kamenica

Sremska Kamenica

Sremska Kamenica is a town and urban neighborhood of Novi Sad, in Serbia.-Name:In Serbian, the town is known as Sremska Kamenica , in Croatian as Srijemska Kamenica, in Hungarian as Kamanc, and in German as Kamenitz.-Geography:The town is located in the Syrmia region, on the northern slopes of the...

 (built in 1746), as well as a Franciscan

Franciscan

Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....

 monastery in Petrovaradin (1701-1714). Tekije Church in Petrovaradin, built in 1881, is used by all 3 Christian communities in the city: Orthodox, Protestant, and Catholic. There was also one Armenian church

Armenians

Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....

, which was built in 1746 and collapsed in 1965.

Protestant churches

Rotkvarija

Rotkvarija

Rotkvarija , also known as Žitni Trg , is a quarter of the city of Novi Sad in the Serbian province of Vojvodina.-Borders:...

 neighborhood is home to the Slovak

Slovaks

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 evangelistic

Evangelicalism

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 church, built in 1886, and Reformist

Reformed churches

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 church, built in 1865. There are also many smaller temples of Baptist, Methodist, Adventist

Adventist

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, Pentecostal and other Protestant communities. In most Protestant churches in Novi Sad, services are performed in Serbian language. http://ehons.org/download/webemsr.pdf

Uniate churches

Greek Catholic church, built in 1822 and used by Rusyn

Pannonian Rusyns

Rusyns in Pannonia, or simply Rusyns or Ruthenians , are a Slavic minority in Serbia and Croatia...

 ethnic community, is situated in Stari Grad.

Jewish and Muslim religious buildings

The Novi Sad Synagogue

Novi Sad Synagogue

Novi Sad Synagogue is a Jewish synagogue and one of the many cultural institutions in Novi Sad, Serbia. It is located in the capital of Serbian province of Vojvodina...

 was built in 1905 in Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...

 architecture. Today, temple is not used for religious ceremonies, but it is one of the most important cultural institutions in the city. There is also a mosque

Mosque

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...

located in Futoška street.

External links

• Sakralni objekti, Official Website of Novi Sad