Church of St. George, Serbian Orthodox church building in Tovarnik, Croatia
The Church of St. George in Tovarnik is a Serbian Orthodox church built in 1799 in a Baroque style. It belongs to the Eparchy of Srem, seated in Sremski Karlovci, unlike most other Serbian Orthodox churches in eastern Croatia, which fall under the Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja. Its windows were broken by unknown perpetrators throwing stones at night in 2012.
The Church of St. George was built in 1799. Unlike most Serbian Orthodox churches in eastern Croatia, it belongs to the Eparchy of Srem, seated in Sremski Karlovci, together with the church in Ilok and the Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva. At the end of World War II, after the Syrmian Front was broken, 51 local Danube Swabians and Croats were killed on the church ground by Yugoslav Partisans.
The church belongs to the Eparchy of Srem, seated in Sremski Karlovci, unlike most Serbian Orthodox churches in eastern Croatia, which fall under the Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja. Its patron saint is St. George, celebrated on Đurđevdan, a family feast among local Orthodox Serbs.
The church stands in Tovarnik, in eastern Croatia near the Serbian border, and belongs to the Eparchy of Srem based in Sremski Karlovci rather than the Osječko polje and Baranja eparchy that governs most Serbian Orthodox churches in the region. Visitors should arrange access through the parish, as the building is not a staffed monument with fixed opening hours.
The church belongs to the Eparchy of Srem, seated in Sremski Karlovci, unlike most Serbian Orthodox churches in eastern Croatia, which fall under the Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja. Only the church in Ilok and the Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva share this jurisdiction.
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