O postanku stare pravoslavne crkve u Sarajevu
On the Establishment of the Old Orthodox Church in Sarajevo

Summary/Abstract: Christian temples disappeared in various conquests, but also due to neglect, usually in towns with a profound Muslim majority. According to Ottoman laws, if a church had been abandoned for more than fifty years, it could be rebuilt and turned into a mosque. Town churches lost their believers relatively quickly, and thus they gradually vanished. An interesting example is the old Orthodox Church in Sarajevo. It was located in the town centre, and it is still a mystery whether it existed prior to the Ottoman conquest, or whether it was newly built, or, what is the most probable answer, whether an already existent church was restored. The Church is connected with the settlement in the place of Varoši, above the Old Church, so, according to this, it can be concluded that the inhabitants of this settlement had their own temple before the arrival of the Ottomans.

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