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Destroyed And Desecrated Serbian Orthodox Churches In Kosovo And Metohia (1999-2000)
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Destroyed And Desecrated Serbian Orthodox Churches In Kosovo And Metohia (1999-2000) |
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67. THE CHURCH OF ST KNEZ LAZAR, in Piskote near Djakovica |
The Church of St Knez Lazar is located at the Serb cemetery in Piskote, near Ðakovica. The single-dome shrine was built between 1991-1994 to the designs of Ljubisa Folic.
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Consecration of the foundations Dec. 1991 |
The church before desecration |
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The vandalized church |
The burned parish house |
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After the arrival of the Italian KFOR troops the church was partially damaged, the mosaic was smashed, while the icons and the iconostasis were stolen. The parochial home was set on fire. Albanian extremists destroyed the cross on the top of the dome. |