The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity ( sr, Саборна Црква Свете Тројице, Saborna Crkva Svete Trojice) is a
Serbian Orthodox
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous ( ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches.
The majority of the population ...
cathedral church
A cathedral is a church that contains the ''cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...
in
Mostar
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,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and ...
.
It served as the seat of the
Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina
The Eparchy of Zahumlje, Herzegovina and the Littoral ( sr, Епархија захумско-херцеговачка и приморска, Eparhija zahumsko-hercegovačka i primorska) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Serbian Orthodox Church with ...
from 1873 until its destruction during the
siege of Mostar in 1992. The church was the work of the prominent architect
Andrey Damyanov
Andrey Damyanov ( bg, Андрей Дамянов; mk, Андреја Дамјанов; sr, Андреја Дамјанов) (1813–1878), or Andreja Damjanović was an architect from the modern-day North Macedonia. His works include more t ...
. It was built between 1863 and 1873. It has been under reconstruction since 2011.
Ever since the recostruction, the church was targeted by vandals and thiefs motivated by prejudice and hostility.
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Gallery
File:Саборна црква у Мостару.jpg, Serbian Orthodox cathedral in Mostar, early 20th century.
File:Cathedral of Holy Trinity, Mostar.jpg, Mostar Cathedral under reconstruction, 2021
See also
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Serbs in Mostar
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Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina
The Eparchy of Zahumlje, Herzegovina and the Littoral ( sr, Епархија захумско-херцеговачка и приморска, Eparhija zahumsko-hercegovačka i primorska) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Serbian Orthodox Church with ...
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Žitomislić Monastery
The Žitomislić Monastery ( sr, Манастир Житомислић, Manastir Žitomislić, ) is а Serbian Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Annunciation and located near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
History
Building
In 1566 the Ottoma ...
References
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External links
Official website(in Serbian)
Buildings and structures in Mostar
Serbian Orthodox church buildings in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Churches completed in 1873
Destroyed churches in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbian Orthodox cathedrals in Bosnia and Herzegovina