Hram Svetog Nikole

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For a long time I have not seen a more beautiful Orthodox temple of Byzantine style material! Bravo! Unfortunately, there is no way for a girl, who is of the Orthodox faith, to reveal what the secret is and when she can come to the service. Maybe publish it somewhere on the internet? We only know that the church is open until 1 p.m.

The Commission for the Preservation of Cultural and Historical Monuments of BiH put the church of St. Nicholas in Foča on the list of exceptional treasures, with an old Serbian school and relics of inestimable value. Despite frequent looting and suffering, the temple of Foča managed to preserve numerous valuables and relics in its treasury, as well as fragments of the relics of several saints. The church in Foča has several valuable icons from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, painted by the famous Georgije Mitrofanović, as well as Italo-Cretan painters, Serbian and Russian master icon painters. The treasury also contains the Four Gospels of Foča, with a special dedication and signature of Bishop, writer and statesman Petar Petrović Njegoš. Old chronicles record that in the Middle Ages, in the then Hotča, which was part of the old Serbian state, there were two large Orthodox churches, but after the conquest, the Turks destroyed them. The largest, the cathedral church, in the center of the town, which is believed to date from the 11th century, was demolished by the Ottomans around 1501, and during the time of Bayezid II, the Emperor's Mosque was built on its foundations. After that, the Serbs-Orthodox of Foča did not have their own place of worship for almost 350 years, but performed worship in private houses. This was the case until 1857, when, with the permission of the Porte, the Serbs built the church of St. Nicholas in a hilly and quite inaccessible part of the town, called Ćerezluk. The construction of the temple was accompanied by a lot of interesting things, and through the centuries it gathered the people, encouraged them and strengthened them spiritually. The land for the church was donated by Savka Jovicic from the Vladisavljevic family, the last noblewoman of this area, who was nicknamed the Dubrovnik woman because of her family ties with Dubrovnik. She was buried in the churchyard and it is the only grave next to the place of worship. The church was built by the best builders from Dalmatia, led by Spasoje Vulić, a native of Tetovo. The peasants helped with horses and oxen, working day and night. However, despite the permission of the Turkish pasha, the construction of the church was fiercely opposed by the local Muslims, who threatened to kill the masters and the "irgats". A high, stone wall had to be erected around the church, which is still preserved today ...

It is a special feeling to serve in this temple.

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