March 4, 2022

The old Orthodox Church

The old Orthodox Church(of The Nativity of the Virgin) was built in 1834 in the area of Bjelusine. An important example of sacred orthodox architecture, the Church guards a beautiful icon of the Virgin Mary, a wooden iconostasis with several Russian, Venetian and local icons dating back to between the 15th and 18th centuries. The new Church, located in a hilly part of the city was built between 1863 and 1873 according to the project of artist Spasoje Vulić.