| Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Zagreb | |
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| Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord Храм преображења Господњег Hram preobraženja Gospodnjeg | |
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  Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Zagreb Shown within Croatia | |
| 45°48′46″N15°58′26″E / 45.81265°N 15.9739°E /45.81265; 15.9739 | |
| Location | Zagreb |
| Country | Croatia |
| Denomination | Serbian Orthodox |
| Previous denomination | allEastern Orthodox communities |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Church ofSt. Peter andPaul (in 1794) |
| Status | Church |
| Dedication | Transfiguration of the Lord |
| Past bishop(s) | Metropolitan Emilijan Marinović (1969–1977) MetropolitanJovan Pavlović 1982-2014 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Register of Cultural Goods of Croatia |
| Architect(s) | Franjo Klein andHermann Bollé |
| Style | Historicist interpretation ofRomanesque andByzantine architecture |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana |
TheCathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord (Serbo-Croatian:Храм преображења Господњег,Hram preobraženja Gospodnjeg) is aSerbian Orthodoxcathedral located on thePetar Preradović Square inZagreb,Croatia. It was built in 1865–66 according to designs of architectFranjo Klein. It is ecclesiastically part of theMetropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana and is known as theZagreb Orthodox Cathedral. Following the2020 Zagreb earthquake, the Cathedral was reconstructed due to major damage that occurred.
A wooden Catholic church dedicated to St. Marguerite was located on the place of the modern day cathedral in the 14th century.[1] The church was restored in the 16th and 17th century.[1] Between 1372 and the 19th century, the annual St. Marguerite fair was organized on the square.[2] In the 18th century the church was burned down in a fire and in its place a new one was built with bulbous steeple.[2]
Duding theJosephinism period the state implemented significant reforms that affected life of religious communities. In 1781Patent of Toleration extendedreligious freedom to non-Catholic Christians living inHabsburg lands and was followed by1782 Edict of Tolerance. By city government decision the old church was offered at auction and sold to the Zagreb Croatian Orthodox Parish for 4,000florins.[1] In 1848, duringRevolutions of 1848, the Orthodox Parish added the suffixSerbian in its name since by that time theSerbs (under the autonomousPatriarchate of Karlovci) significantly outnumbered localGreeks andAromanians.[1]
In 1861 initiative was launched to build new church on the site of a dilapidated old St. Marguerite church.[2] Project was awarded to the architectFranjo Klein. In the same period when the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral was built,Zagreb Synagogue was also built according to the Franjo Klein project.[2] Church was completed on 21 October 1866, and synagogue on 27 September 1867.[2]
In 1897, after completion of urbanization of square south to the church, architectHermann Bollé proposed plan of monumental reorganization of church.[2] This plan was never implemented, but the same architect developed a plan for restoration of bell tower in its modern-day shape in 1899, and in 1913 based on his plan façade was restored.[2] In 1931 theMetropolitanate of Zagreb was established and the church became its Cathedral.
DuringWorld War IIcollaborationist CroatianUstaše regime ofIndependent State of Croatia seized all property Serbian Orthodox Church and determined that the cathedral would be the central church ofCroatian Orthodox Church, which was a part of the widespreadGenocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia.
Theiconostasis was placed in front of the altar in 1795.[1] This iconostasis was donated toChurch of St. George inVaraždin in 1884 when the current iconostasis was built.[1] The iconostasis of the Orthodox Cathedral comprises a total of 34 icons and 4 free-standingwalnutpillars.[1]The MetropolitanJovan Pavlović, who reigned from 1982 to 2014 was buried in the cathedral after his death in 2014.[3]
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