During this two-days walking adventure in Belgrade, we passed 36,000 steps, 21 km and enjoyed in spirit of capital city of Serbia, people, buildings and atmosphere. That will be not an option if we used a car. In this video you are watching first part of fist day.
SLAVIJA SQUARE is a major commercial junction, previously known as Dimitrije Tucović Square. Scottish businessman and Nazarene Francis Mackenzie, bought a large piece of land above the present square and parcelled it for sale. Mackenzie built a house for himself at Slavija (at the place where the old “Slavija” cinema used to be), which in 1910 was turned into the Socialist People’s Center, a gathering place of the worker’s movement. In that place now stands the board, which you saw in the video.
KARADJORDJE: Djordje Petrovic, better known as Karadjordj, was a Serbian revolutionary who fought for the independence of his country from the Ottoman Empire during the First Serbian Uprising of 1804-1813. Karadjordje is considered the founder of the Karadjordjevic dynasty, which ruled Serbia at several intervals during the 19th and 20th centuries. His murder led to a violent, decades-long quarrel between his descendants and the descendants of Obrenović, during which the Serbian throne changed hands several times.
SAINT SAVA ORTHODOX CHURCH in numbers (source: Official web page of the church):
• The temple was built at an absolute level of 134.5 meters, 64 meters above the Sava River;
• It was designed in the Serbian-Byzantine style;
• It is basically in the shape of a Greek cross with a dome over the nave;
• East-west axis length is 91 meters, and north-south 81 meters;
• The internal height of the Temple from the ground floor to the top of the dome is 65 m, and the visible (external) height of the Temple with the cross is 79 m;
• The floor area at the level of the nave is 3,650 m2;
• The clear height of the inner space between the outer and inner shell of the dome is 2 m and allows access to the cross pedestal;
• The weight of the dome is 4,000 tons; the outer diameter is 39.5 m (with a circular gallery), and the inner 30.5 m;
• The height of the dome is 27 m;
• The temple has a total of 13 domes, 5 semi-domes, and 5 small domes on the apse apse;
• A total of 18 gilded crosses were placed on the large dome and small domes;
• The main cross is 10.5 meters high and weighs 4 tons;
• 49 bells were installed in the western bell towers, of which 4 large (swaying) and 45 “playing” (carillon);
• The largest bell weighs 6,128 kg, and the lightest 11 kg; carillon weighs about 19,000 kg; the total weight of all 49 bells reaches 23,755 kg;
• The largest bell is 204 cm in diameter and at least 20 cm;
• 400 resonators were installed to improve the acoustics;
• The main door is double-leafed and made of wooden oak construction; construction dimensions are 3.90 x 6.10 m and weight 3.5 tons;
• The facade of the Temple is covered with white marble (with warm ocher-gray shades) and gray and dark red granite;
• The area of marble slabs on the facade is about 10,500 m² (weight is about 3,000 tons) with about 1,500 m³ of massive elements;
• The Temple of Saint Sava can be seen from all approaches to Belgrade;
• The Temple built is the largest active Orthodox church in the world in terms of the volume of the main prayer space.
The temple was visited twice by Russian presidents Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, and it is also visited by other official delegations coming to Belgrade.
HOLY GREAT MARTYR PRINCE LAZARUS CHURCH: It is placed seven meters below the level of the Temple of Saint Sava. Marble steps lead to the crypt of this Byzantine-style church, which spreads over 1,800 square meters.
THE CRYPT where the patriarchs will be buried covers about 250 square meters. The relics of some of the previous patriarchs will be transferred to it, if the Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church approves.
For now, it is certain that Patriarch Varnava will be among them.
For more info visit official web page of the church:
www.hramsvetogsave.rs
All above description and filmed material are only our expressions and personal experience for fun purposes only. For more detailed and precise information, please contact the officials.
Video is translated on several languages. Use the option CC (Captions) to activate it. Here’s the tutorial:
The Road Trip Family enjoyed in gloryness of the St. Sava Orthodox church on 5.9.2021.
▶️Follow us on SOCIAL NETWORKS:
⚾️Youtube
https://youtube.com/channel/UCrHVj7VN-V2aYgnHA818g6w
⚽️ Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/RoadTripFamily
🏉 Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/roadtripfamily5/?hl=sr
🥎 Facebook https://m.facebook.com/RoadTripFamilyTravel
🏀 Tumblr
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/roadytripfamily
🏐 Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/RoadTripFamily5
🏈 TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@road_trip_family?lang=en
#roadtripfamilyetno #belgrade #biggestchurch #orthodoxchurch #saintsava