Serbisch-orthodoxe Kirche der Auferstehung Christi, Leopoldstadt, Serbian Orthodox church on Engerthstraße, Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria
The Church of the Resurrection of Christ is a Serbian Orthodox parish church at Engerthstrasse 158 in Vienna's 2nd district, Leopoldstadt. It was built inside a disused tram depot and consecrated on 26 October 2002; a rebuild from 2006 to 2007 added the two towers that now mark the facade. It serves parishes I to IV of the Serbian Orthodox Church's Austria-Switzerland eparchy.
The church was consecrated on 26 October 2002 in a disused tram depot on Engerthstraße. A reconstruction from 2006 added two towers and ended with its reconsecration on 30 September 2007. It is the largest Serbian Orthodox church in Vienna and the parish church for parishes I to IV.
The church is the parish church for parishes I to IV of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Vienna, within the Eparchy of Austria-Switzerland. Its Serbian name, Crkva Vaskrsenja Hristovog, refers to the Resurrection of Christ, to whom the church is dedicated. Services follow the Serbian Orthodox liturgy.
The church stands at Engerthstrasse 158 in Leopoldstadt, in Vienna's 2nd district, on the right bank of the Danube Canal. Trams run along Engerthstrasse, and the Vorgartenstrasse U-Bahn station on line U1 is a short walk away. Services follow the Orthodox calendar, so times differ from Western church schedules.
The church occupies a disused tram depot on Engerthstrasse; it was consecrated on 26 October 2002 and became Vienna's largest Serbian Orthodox church. A rebuild from 2006 to 2007 added the two towers, and the church was reconsecrated on 30 September 2007. Archpriest Drago Vujić has led the parish since at least 2018.
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