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Burning of Saint Sava's relics

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117:, Serbian ecclesiastical law and national literature. He was canonized as a miracle-worker and his religious cult was assimilated into folk beliefs in Ottoman times. The veneration of his relics created tension between Serbs and the occupying Ottomans. In 1774, Sava was proclaimed the patron saint of all Serbs. In the 19th century the cult was revived in the context of nationalism with the prospect of independence from the Ottomans, "representing and reproducing powerful images of a national Golden Age, of national reconciliation and unification, and of martyrdom for the church and nation". After Serbia regained full independence, a cathedral dedicated to the saint was planned, part of modernization plans of Belgrade. Although the construction board for the church was established in 1895, actual construction of the winning concept, based on 17: 37: 125:, began only in 1935. Construction stopped during World War II and the communist rule, only to be restarted after permission in 1984; as of 2018 the church has been finished and is the second largest Orthodox Church in the world. The site where Saint Sava's relics were burnt, the Vračar plateau, became the new grounds of the 88:
wrote that "there was great violence carried out against the clergy and devastation of monasteries". The Ottomans sought to symbolically and really incinerate the Serb determination to be free, a determination which had been growing noticeably. Instead, the burning sparked an increase in rebel
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activity, until the suppression of the uprising in 1595. It is believed that his left hand was saved; it is currently held at Mileševa.
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religious holiday celebrated on 27 April (10 May in the Gregorian calendar). Archbishop Sava founded the
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dedicated to the saint, in the 20th century. From its location, the church dominates Belgrade's
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to Belgrade, where he had them burned on 27 April. Monk Nićifor of the
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Saint Sava
Ottomans
Stevan Aleksić

Adam Stefanović
Pavle Čortanović
Serbs in Banat rose up
Ottomans
Saint Sava
war flags
Vračar plateau
Belgrade
Sinan Pasha
Mileševa
Fenek monastery
Serbian
Serbian Orthodox
Serbian Orthodox Church
Gračanica
Hagia Sophia
National Library of Serbia
Church of Saint Sava
cityscape


Mileusnić 2000


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