Church of the Holy Prince Lazar Church of the Holy Prince Lazar
Affiliation Serbian Orthodoxy Leadership Serbian Orthodox Church Location Bournville , Birmingham , England Architect(s) Dragomir Tadić Style Serbo-Byzantine Completed 1968 Materials Brick, Stone http://lazarica.co.uk/
Cultural Centre attached to St Lazar, Bournville
The Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Prince Lazar (Serbian : Српска православна црква Светог кнеза Лазара , romanized : Srpska pravoslavna crkva Svetog kneza Lazara ), also known as Lazarica (Лазарица), is a Serbian Orthodox church located at Cob Lane in Bournville , Birmingham , England and was built for political refugees from Yugoslavia after World War II , with the support of the exiled Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia .[1] Serbs have been associated with Bournville since Dame Elizabeth Cadbury sponsored thirteen Serbian refugee children of World War I .
Built in traditional 14th-century Byzantine form by Yugoslavian architect Dr Dragomir Tadic and Bournville Village Trust , it is a replica of a church in Serbia using the same materials from sacred places of worship.[2] Completed in 1968, it is of brick and stone with three sets of bronze doors and a candelabrum from Serbia. It has no seats, which is the usual thing for traditional Orthodox churches. Moreover, the interior has a full scheme of traditional Byzantine decoration. The dome contains the image of Christ Pantocrator, and the hemi-dome of the apse contains that of the Virgin Mary. At the bottom of the walls are the warrior saints, above these are patriarchs and priestly saints, and at the top are the apostles and scenes from the twelve major Christian feasts. These murals are painted fresco , meaning that the paint was applied meticulously to wet walls.
The cultural centre is a Grade C locally listed building .
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Further reading [ ]
Birmingham Buildings, The Architectural Story of a Midland City , Bryan Little, 1971, ISBN 0-7153-5295-4
Images of England - Bournville and Weoley Castle , Martin Hampson, 2001, ISBN 0-7524-2443-2
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A reportage about the church
Coordinates : 52°25′35″N 1°57′05″W / 52.4263°N 1.9513°W / 52.4263; -1.9513
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Church of Saint Sava
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St. George, Banovo Brdo
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St. Mark's Church, Belgrade
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Church of the Ascension, Belgrade
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Cave Church, Lukovo
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Odžaklija
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Lazarica Church
Church of St. George, Lukovo
Church of Holy Ascension, Krupanj
Saint George's Cathedral, Novi Sad
the Assumption, Zrenjanin
Our Lady of Ljeviš *
Cathedral of Saint George, Prizren
Church of the Virgin Hodegetria *
Church of St. Elijah, Podujevo *
Church of St. Nicholas, Prizren *
Mala Gospojina Church *
Church of Christ the Saviour, Pristina *
Rakovica Monastery
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Niš
Church of St. Nicholas, Šid
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Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Trpinja
Church of St. Nicholas, Vukovar
Church of Pentecost, Vinkovci
Church of St. George, Kneževo
Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Negoslavci
Church of Pentecost, Markušica
Church of St. George, Bobota
Church of St. Stephen, Borovo
Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Srijemske Laze
Church of St. Peter and Paul, Bolman
Church of St. Stefan Štiljanović, Karanac
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