Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Osijek

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Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Osijek

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{{Infobox church
| name = Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos
| name = Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos
| fullname =
| fullname = Храм успења пресвете Богородице
Crkva uspenja presvete Bogorodice
| dedication = [[Dormition of the Mother of God]]
| dedication = [[Dormition of the Mother of God]]
| image = Crkva uspenja Bogorodice, Osijek 04.jpg
| image = Crkva uspenja Bogorodice, Osijek 04.jpg
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The '''Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Храм успења пресвете Богородице|translit=Hram uspenja presvete Bogorodice}}, {{langx|hr|Crkva uspenja presvete Bogorodice}}) is a [[Serbian Orthodox Church|Serbian Orthodox]] church located in [[Donji grad, Osijek|Donji grad]], [[Osijek]] in eastern [[Croatia]]. The modern day church was completed in 1979 at the site of an earlier Serbian Orthodox church which was destroyed by the [[Ustashe]] regime in 1942 during the [[World War II]] [[Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia]].{{cite web |url=https://srbi.hr/saborni-hram-u-osijeku-manastirska-crkva-na-daljskoj-vodici-i-hram-u-sarengradu/ |author=Srđan Sekulić |title=Saborni hram u Osijeku, manastirska crkva na daljskoj "Vodici" i hram u Šarengradu |publisher=Srbi.hr |date=28 September 2018 |access-date=1 April 2021}}
The '''Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos''' ({{langx|sr|Храм успења пресвете Богородице}}; {{langx|hr|Crkva uspenja presvete Bogorodice}}) is a [[Serbian Orthodox Church|Serbian Orthodox]] church located in [[Donji grad, Osijek|Donji grad]], [[Osijek]] in eastern [[Croatia]]. The modern day church was completed in 1979 at the site of an earlier Serbian Orthodox church which was destroyed by the [[Ustashe]] regime in 1942 during the [[World War II]] [[Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia]].{{cite web |url=https://srbi.hr/saborni-hram-u-osijeku-manastirska-crkva-na-daljskoj-vodici-i-hram-u-sarengradu/ |author=Srđan Sekulić |title=Saborni hram u Osijeku, manastirska crkva na daljskoj "Vodici" i hram u Šarengradu |publisher=Srbi.hr |date=28 September 2018 |access-date=1 April 2021}}


The new building was designed by Dragomir Tadić who was inspired by [[Serbo-Byzantine Revival architecture|Serbo-Byzantine Revival]] style. Due to this architectural style, the building is commonly known as ''[[Slavonia]]n Lazarica'' after famous medieval [[Lazarica Church]] in [[Kruševac]], [[Serbia]].
The new building was designed by Dragomir Tadić who was inspired by [[Serbo-Byzantine Revival architecture|Serbo-Byzantine Revival]] style. Due to this architectural style, the building is commonly known as ''[[Slavonia]]n Lazarica'' after famous medieval [[Lazarica Church]] in [[Kruševac]], [[Serbia]].
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