| Church of St. Nicholas | |
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Црква светог Николе | |
 Church of St Nicholas | |
 Church of St. Nicholas | |
| Location | Mikluševci,Vukovar-Syrmia County |
| Country |  Croatia |
| Denomination | Serbian Orthodox |
| History | |
| Status | Church |
| Dedication | Saint Nicholas |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Style | Baroque |
| Years built | 1758-1766[1][2] |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja |
Church of St. Nicholas (Serbian Cyrillic:Црква светог Николе,Croatian:Crkva svetog Nikole) inMikluševci isSerbian Orthodox church in easternCroatia. The church was constructed in period between 1758 and 1766 at the site of an earlier wooden Orthodox church which in 1756 served 31 Orthodox household in the village.[2] This wooden church was dedicated toSaint Nicholas as well.[1] From the 19th century onward the village was settled byGreek CatholicPannonian Rusyns settlers fromCarpathian Ruthenia which changed religious structure of the settlement.[2] In 1880 out of 712 inhabitants 467 wereGreek Catholic, 227Eastern Orthodox, 11Roman Catholic and 7Jewish.[2] Parrish Hall of the Church of St. Nicholas was destroyed two times in history, once during theWorld War II and in 1991 again during theCroatian War of Independence.[1]Iconostasis, which is the main property of the Church of St. Nicholas, is since Croatian War of Independence kept and under restoration ofMatica srpska inNovi Sad.[1] Today the village of Mikluševci are not an independent Serbian Orthodox parish but are part of theSotin parish.[3]
Theiconostasis in the Church of St. Nicholas was painted bySerbBaroque painterLazar Serdanović in style ofTeodor Kračun.[4] Serdanović independently painted two iconostaisises in theSyrmia region with another one being the one in theChurch of the Dormition of the Theotokos in nearbyNegoslavci which was done earlier than Mikluševci's one but both at unknown time.[4] He was also assistant during the iconostasis painting in theChurch of St. Nicholas (1772–1776) inVukovar.[4] Iconostasis of the church is divided into five areas which together contain 66icons which were inspired bychalcography fromBiblia Ectypa (Pictorial Bible).[4] During the Croatian War of Independence iconostasis was dismantled and taken to thePatriarch's Court in Sremski Karlovci where it awaited urgentconservation and restoration due to its deteriorated state.[4]
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