St. Uroš Cathedral, Ferizaj

Cathedral Church of St. Uroš in Uroševac Саборна црква Светог Цара Уроша у Урошевцу
Cathedral Church of St. Uroš on the right, next to the mosque
Basic information
Location	Ferizaj, Kosovo
Affiliation	Serbian Orthodox
Year consecrated	1933

Cathedral Church of St. Uroš located in the center of Ferizaj belonged to the Diocese of Raška and Prizren of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Architecture

Cathedral Church in Ferizaj (in Serbian: Uroševac, named after St. Uroš), dedicated to St. Uroš, was built in 1933 by Josif Mihailović, an architect from Skopje. It was built as a five-domed building with a trefoil base, and made of concrete, stone and brick mix which was later plastered. The church of the monastery of Gračanica served as a model for the diverse composition of the upper part of the temple. The decoration in the dome consists of chess box with crosses, floral motifs and bricks. The main dome rests on four free pillars.

The murals were painted by Janko Kuzmanović from Galičnik, from 1932 to 1936, who was, along with Viktorija Puzanova from Mitrovica, the author of the throne icons and richly carved iconostasis decorations.

The collection of icons, belongs to the period of Serbian medieval iconography, including the icon of the Holy Trinity, painted by Josif Radević from Lazaropolje in 1896. The iconostasis is from the 19th century, made in wood, and it was a gift of the Serbian King Aleksandar I Karadjordjević.^[1]

The church was looted and set on fire by Albanians after the arrival of the US KFOR forces in town, at the end of June 1999. The attack was repeated in 2004, and once again in 2013.^[2][3][4]

See also

• Destroyed Serbian heritage in Kosovo

References

1. St. Uroš Cathedral
2. Oskrnavljena crkva u Uroševcu
3. spc.rs - official site of Serbian Orthodox Church (Информативна служба Српске православне цркве, 16.12.2003)
4. Raspeto Kosovo

Еxternal links

• Cultural monuments in Serbia: St. Uroš Cathedral (web-page of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts)
• The list of destroyed and desecrated churches in Kosovo and Metohija june-october 1999 (Списак уништених и оскрнављених цркава на Косову и Метохији јун-октобар 1999)

Coordinates: 42°38′00″N 21°17′00″E / 42.6333°N 21.2833°E