All Serbian Saints Serbian Orthodox Church (Mississauga)
| All Serbian Saints Serbian Orthodox Church | |
|---|---|
 The church pictured in 2018 | |
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| Location | 2520 Dixie Road Mississauga, Ontario L4Y 2A5 |
| Denomination | Serbian Orthodox |
| Website | sabornik.com |
| History | |
| Consecrated | June 15, 2002 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Predrag Ristić Milutin Kopša |
| Architectural type | Serbo-Byzantine Revival |
| Years built | 1983–2002 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Canada |
| Clergy | |
| Pastor(s) | V. Rev. Dejan Obradović V. Rev. Milojko Dimitrić V. Rev. Zlatibor Đurašević |
All Serbian Saints Serbian Orthodox Church (Serbian: Храм сабора српских светитеља) is a Serbian Orthodox church located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is dedicated to all the Serbian saints.[1]
History
[edit]The construction of the church began in February 1983 with the purchase of the property located in Applewood Heights which previous to that was a school property. The main architect of the project was the eminent architect from Belgrade Predrag Ristić.
The foundation stone was blessed and laid by the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church Pavle during his visit to Canada on June 14, 1994. The foundations of the new church were blessed by the Bishop of Canada Georgije (Đokić) on November 26, 1995.
Due to the beginning of the breakup of Yugoslavia, the construction of the church was halted and was continued in 1999. The construction was completed in the Spring of 2002.
The church is built in the Byzantine style, traditional for Orthodox churches. It has three rows for choirs and a hand-made iconostasis. The main part of the church is a squared cross with only one cupola above the central part of the church. The altar was painted by the iconographer Dragomir "Dragan" Marunić.[2]
The church was blessed on June 15, 2002, with the presence of Bishop of Canada Georgije, Metropolitan of Zagreb and Ljubljana Jovan (Pavlović), Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral Amfilohije (Radović), Bishop of New Gračanica Longin (Krčo), Bishop of Britain and Scandinavia Dositej (Motika), Bishop of Central Europe Konstantin (Đokić), Bishop of Braničevo Ignatije (Midić), Bishop of Zahumlje and Herzegovina Grigorije (Durić), Greek Metropolitan Sotirios (Athanassoulas), Ukrainian Bishop Seraphim, the head of the Karađorđević dynasty Crown Prince Alexander and his spouse Crown Princess Katherine.
On July 31, 2022, the Serbian Canadian Monument designed by Lilly Otasevic honouring the first Serbian settlers in Ontario was erected and consecrated in the port of the church.[3] The monument is dedicated to the generations of Serbs who preserved the Serbian heritage and tradition in Canada for over a century.[4]
See also
[edit]- Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada
- Saint Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Cathedral (Hamilton, Ontario)
- Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church (Toronto)
- Serbian Canadians
References
[edit]- ^ History of the church
- ^ "DM site". Archived from the original on 2018-12-17. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
- ^ Finucane, Declan (29 July 2021). "Serbian community wants to install monument in Mississauga park". InSauga.com. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Otkriven spomenik srpskim doseljenicima u Kanadi" (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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