Church of the Dormition in Pale

Small and old orthodox church.

Super. Ok.

The parish of Pale was founded in 1890. The parish of Pale included the villages from Kozija Ćuprija, Bulog, Ljubogošta, Trebević, Rakovec, Ćemanović, to the village of Bogović below Romania. The parish church in Palam is dedicated to the Assumption of the Most Holy Mother of God. The credit for its construction belongs to the first priest from Pale, George Grabež. The main contractor was Miloš Miladinović from Donji Vakuf. The church was consecrated by Metropolitan Evgenije (Letica) on August 30, 1909. During the First World War, Austrian soldiers locked horses in the church. The church was not destroyed in the Second World War, but the church archives were destroyed. Until now, the priests from Pale are known: Đorđe Grabež 1890-1917; Milan Lalic 1917-1918; Simo Begović from 1918 until the beginning of the Second World War; after the Second World War again Milan Lalic; Vladimir Šoljević 1947-1952; Dragoljub Savic 1952-1987. In the same year when Father Savić retired, another parish of Pale was founded. Slobodan Lubarda was appointed to the first parish in Pale, and Miomir Zekić to the second. In the summer of 1996, the third parish of Pale was founded, and Jeremiah Starovlah was appointed the third parish ...

Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin was built during the Austro-Hungarian period in 1909. It belongs to the type of a single nave central cubic structure, with a five-sided apse on the southeast, a bell tower on the northwest side and side chants. It was built of brick and stone. The building is of modest size and shows the distinctive features and influence of the Serbian-Byzantine style of construction of church buildings. The designer of the church is the Bosnian painter Lazar Drljaca, to whom this is the only architectural project realized. It is located between the Jahorina mountain ranges from the south and southeast, Gosina from the east, Romania from the northeast and Ozren from the north and northwest. It is 15 km away from Sarajevo, connected by the main road, and until 1978 by the Sarajevo-Uzice railway. The construction of the church conditioned the development of Pale With the construction of the church begins the development and construction of the municipality of Pale, which set the facility some of the basic guidelines for the development of the urban matrix of the municipality. The parish parish was in communion with the parish of Mokranj until 1890. That year, a parish was established with its headquarters in Pale. Villages from Kozija Ćuprija, Bulog, Ljubogošte, Trebević, Rakovac, Ćemanović were included in the parish of the Pali parish, and below the Romanija village of Bogović. There was no church in the parish area at that time. The initiative and the greatest merit for the construction of the church belongs to the first Pali priest, George Grabez, and to the then church board. Preparations for construction began as early as 1904 when construction materials began to be procured and voluntary contributions were collected. In 1905, the church-school municipality of Paljana launched a call for proposals for the construction of a project for the construction of a church in Pale, where the work of Lazar Drljaca was selected. Milos Miladinovic from Donji Vakuf was selected as the contractor. The text on the sanctification of the foundations, recorded in the newspaper "Istočnik" on July 31, 1908, testifies to the activities for construction, more precisely about the construction and sanctification of the foundations of the church. The consecration of the foundation was performed on July 12, 1908, on the Christian feast day by the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul - Peter, by the proto Vaso Popovic, as envoy of His Eminence Metropolitan Eugene Letica, with the worship of three more priests and one deacon. Around 1000 people attended the dedication of the foundations, and today it is traditionally held today. Despite the great material difficulties that existed during the construction of the church, the works were successfully completed within one year. The church in Pale was consecrated on August 30, or September 11, 1909, on the Orthodox Feast of the Cutting of the Head of St. John the Baptist. On this day, every year, a parliament is held in Pale. The consecration was performed by Metropolitan Evgenija Letic in the presence of numerous priests and the Sloga singing society from Sarajevo, as well as a large multitude of people not only from Pali, but also from the districts of Sarajevo, Prač, Foča, Rogatica and Falcon. This is evidenced by the stone slab erected in the temple and preserved to this day, which reads as follows: "This St. the temple is erected by toil and the attachments right. of the people. The slab was made by stone-cutter Petar Vekic from Sarajevo. According to Branko Petrovic's testimony, the church in Pale, when it was completed, was purchased with three larger candles, which are still in the temple today. One was donated by a certain Nedjo Ciro, another by Perisa Rudic from Silos, and third by Nikola Simic from Upper Pale. This was at that time the most respected Serbian hosts from this area. With the construction of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Pale, the development of the municipality of Pale continued. The contractor's error during the construction of the church resulted in a deviation of 350 from the east-west direction. Some of the later constructed buildings were erected in this direction, which testifies to the importance of the church for the construction and development of the municipality. In this way, the church, built at an altitude of 860 m, determined the location and direction of the city's development.

The temple as a temple is fine, but you should not forget that the people who visit it are the church itself! So it could be a little discussed, it would be best if a public lecture, about the problems that follow both this and our other temples.