Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church (Toronto)

Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church (Serbian: Српска православна црква Светог Саве) is a Serbian Orthodox church located in the Cabbagetown neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Saint Sava Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint Sava Church, pictured in 2010
Location203 River Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 3P9
DenominationSerbian Orthodox
Websitesvetisavatoronto.org
History
Founded1953
Architecture
Architect(s)Pera Popović[1]
Administration
DioceseDiocese of Canada
Clergy
Pastor(s)V. Rev. Drago Knežević
V. Rev. Prvoslav Purić

It is dedicated to Saint Sava, the first Archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It is the first Serbian Orthodox church built in Toronto and is commonly referred to as the mother church of the local Serbian Canadian community.[2]

History

The single-nave church was built in the Serbo-Byzantine style and adapted to North American architecture. It has a small semicircular altar-apse in the east while in the west is the main entrance to the church with a small vestibule. A small round dome also rises above the church roof on the west side of the church. The church has three church crosses. The church hall is attached directly to the north side of the church, through which one can also enter the church on the north side.

Bishop (now Saint) Nikolaj Velimirović blessed the Church Hall on September 5, 1954.[3]

The church was completed and consecrated on May 22, 1955, by Bishop Dionisije Milivojević. Princess Olga (sister of Russian Emperor Nicholas II) attended the celebration and banquet, donating an icon of St. Alexander Nevski made by her own hand.[3] In 1956 the iconostasis of the church, the work of Sima Temovski, was consecrated.

In May 2016, a car crashed into the church.[4]

See also

References
  1. ACO Toronto (2022-01-31). "St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church". Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  2. Novine Toronto (2013-12-06). "Šezdeset godina Crkve Svetog Save na Riveru" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-08-28.
  3. Saint Sava Church (26 August 2005). "Srpska kolonija u Torontu, Ontario" (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  4. Brockbank, Nicole (3 May 2016). "Car crashes into church in Toronto's east-end overnight". CBC.ca. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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