Church of the Nativity of The Most Holy Theotokos, Novaci

Church of Nativity of The Most Holy Theotokos
Country Serbia
Denomination Serbian Orthodox Church
Website Namesnistvo tamnavsko
Administration
Diocese Valjevo eparchy
Subdivision Namesnistvo Tamnavsko
Clergy
Bishop(s) Mitropolite of Valjevo Milutin
Priest(s) Pr. Srdjan Filipovic

Church of Nativity of The Most Holy Theotokos (Serbian: Црква Рођења Пресвете Богородице) is a Serbian Orthodox church in the village of Novaci, Serbia. It was built in 1857 and is dedicated to the Nativity of The Most Holy Theotokos (Virgin Mary).

Feast day

The feast day of the church and the whole village of Novaci is the day of the nativity of the Virgin Mary, September 21 (Gregorian calendar) or September 8 (Julian calendar). That holiday is named Mala Gospojina ("Little Day of Our Lady").

Frescos

The church was painted in 1937 by the famous Russian painter Andrej Bicenko. Bicenko had escaped from Russia after the October Revolution, and lived in Serbia from 1920 to 1951,during which time he painted many frescos. A particularly interesting fresco in this church is Lord of Sabbath, which shows Jesus and his disciples walking through grain fields on the Sabbath day.

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