Social:Church of St. Nicholas, Slovinje

Church of St. Nicholas (Serbian: Црква Светог Николе / Crkva Svetog Nikole) was a Serbian Orthodox church located in Slovinje, in the municipality of Lipljan, Kosovo. It was completely destroyed by Albanian extremists in 1999.

History

The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, was built in the 16th century. The first time it was demolished was in the 19th century and all construction material was sold to the company that built Kosovo railway (1871-1873). The church was rebuilt in 1996. After the arrival of the British KFOR troops in June 1999, the temple was destroyed by Albanian extremists. On 17 July 1999 the church was dynamited and destroyed to the ground.

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^ 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 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 98 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 14 later withdrew their recognition.

External links

• Cultural monuments in Serbia: Church of St. Nicholas (web-page of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts)
• The list of destroyed and desecrated churches in Kosovo and Metohija June-October 1999 (Списак уништених и оскрнављених цркава на Косову и Метохији јун-октобар 1999)
• The list of destroyed, burned and demolished churches (Spisak uništenih, spaljenih i demoliranih crkava), svetosavlje.org
• St. Nicholas Center photo gallery