Odžaklija
Sign in to saveThe Odžaklija church (, Chimney church also known as the Old church, Стара црква) is an early 19th-century Serbian Orthodox church located in Leskovac, Serbia.
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- church building
- Named after
- Nativity of Mary
- Religion
- Serbian Orthodox Church
- Country
- Serbia
- Located in
- Leskovac
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- Odzaklija.jpg
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- postal code
- 18000
- inception
- 1803-00-00
- diocese
- Eparchy of Niš
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- Odžaklija church
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The Odžaklija church (, Chimney church also known as the Old church, Стара црква) is an early 19th-century Serbian Orthodox church located in Leskovac, Serbia.
It was built during the First Serbian Uprising of the Serbian revolution. The Ottoman Empire forbade the locals to build a church, so the people announced the building of a home to the town priest, adding a nonfunctioning chimney to fool the Turkish lords.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Odžaklija” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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