Church of Saint Basil of Ostrog is a Serbian Orthodox Church located in Bežanijska Kosa neighbourhood of

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. Its construction started in 1996 and completed in 2001, and is the first church built in New Belgrade since

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. The

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Mihajlo Mitrović adopted an "old Christian" rotunda-plan combined with side galleries and a tall

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to the west. Funding for the project was provided by civilians, whom the saint is known to as the ''Miracle maker''.

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Official site of the Church of St Basil of Ostrog
Serbian Orthodox churches in Belgrade Churches completed in 2001 21st-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings Round churches Church buildings with domes Byzantine Revival architecture in Serbia 2001 establishments in Serbia New Belgrade {{Serbia-church-stub