Church of Saint Parascheva (Serbian Cyrillic: Храм Преподобне мати Параскеве) is a Serbian Orthodox church located in Slabinja, Sisak-Moslavina County, in central Croatia. It was dedicated to Saint Parascheva of the Balkans.[2] The Church was built in 1828 and demolished during World War II. Only the perimeter walls are preserved.[3]
The Church is located in the center of village Slabinja, on the south side of the D47 road, towards the river Una.[4]
It is under the jurisdiction of the Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac.
Saint Paraskeva was an ascetic female saint of the 10th century.
The Church was built in 1828[5] based on the R. Battigelli project from 1819. It was built in baroque building style.[3]
In 1944, during World War II, it was demolished by the Ustashe damaging roof structure, vault, interior and church inventory.[6] After the War, ruins remained standing. In 1970, the reconstruction of these valuable buildings began, but the roof, unfortunately, was never set up.[4]
On 4 June 2017, Bishop of Upper Karlovac Gerasim visited the church.[7] Also, the Bishop visited the church on 16 June 2019.[8]
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