Church of Christ the Saviour, Pristina

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Church of Christ the Saviour
Christ the Saviour Cathedral Pristina February 2013.jpg
The building in February 2013
General information
Address Agim Ramadani, Vreshtat
Town or city Pristina
Country Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]
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Groundbreaking 1995 (1995)
Owner Disputed
File:Serbian Ortodox Christ the Savior Cathedral - Inside - Pristina 2012 - 1.JPG
The unfinished interior in October 2012

The Cathedral church of Christ the Saviour (Serbian: Саборни храм Христа Спаса у Приштини/Saborni hram Hrista Spasa u Prištini) in Pristina, Kosovo[lower-alpha 1] is an unfinished Serbian Orthodox Christian church whose construction began in 1995.[1] Due to have been completed in 1999, its construction, on the campus of the pre-war University of Pristina, was interrupted by the Kosovo War.[1]

Its construction was not welcomed by the predominantly Muslim population of Kosovo,[2] and its future remains uncertain.[2] Ownership of the building and the land on which it is located is disputed between the current University of Pristina and the Serbian Orthodox Church.[2]

Seen as a symbol of the rule of Slobodan Milošević,[3] various Kosovo Albanian intellectuals have called for its demolition.[4]

Notes and references

Notes:

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent state by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states.

References:

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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