The “Vidovdan” Church

Location: Stogazovac

Year of construction: 1939. ( on the site of an older religious building)

The Vidovdan Church is located in the village of Valevac and was built in 1939 on the site of an older church dedicated to the Vidovdan holiday. It is a church of smaller dimensions buried in the ground.

Until the renovation in 2008, only the western facade with the roof could be seen from the outside. The renovation of the church was initiated and financed by the residents of Stogazovac, including the painter Tomislav Paunković, originally from Stogazovac.

The church is located on a plateau, among the rocks of the Ždrelo gorge, on the right bank of the Zubetinačka River. It is a long building, built of stone, subsequently plastered and painted white.

The church is covered with a two-pitched roof made of tiles. On the east side of the church, there is a semicircular apse, while on the west side above the entrance, there is a simple circular window.

The interior of the church is simple. The walls are plastered and painted white. The altar area is separated from the nave of the church by low parapet partitions so that the altar area and the semicircular apse can be seen, which is slightly narrower than the walls of the nave of the church. The church is not vaulted, so the wooden roof construction can be seen.

In the church, there are individual icons representing specific holidays and icons for kissing, mostly gifts of individuals.

In the vicinity of the church, at the bottom of the gorge, in the river bed, there is a source of “holy water” which the locals call “God’s table”.

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