Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Novaci

Church in Serbia, Serbia

Church of Nativity of The Most Holy Theotokos


Location	Novaci, 14213 Pambukovica, Serbia
Country	Serbia
Denomination	Serbian Orthodox Church
Website	Namesnistvo tamnavsko
History
Founded	1857
Architecture
Years built	1857
Administration
Subdivision	Namesnistvo Tamnavsko
Diocese	Valjevo eparchy
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Mitropolite of Valjevo Milutin
Priest(s)	Pr. Srdjan Filipovic

Church of Nativity of The Most Holy Theotokos (Serbian: Црква Рођења Пресвете Богородице) is a Serbian Orthodox church in the village of Novaci, Serbia. It was built in 1857 and is dedicated to the Nativity of The Most Holy Theotokos (Virgin Mary).

Feast day

The feast day of the church and the whole village of Novaci is the day of the nativity of the Virgin Mary, September 21 (Gregorian calendar) or September 8 (Julian calendar). That holiday is named Mala Gospojina ("Little Day of Our Lady").

Frescos

The church was painted in 1937 by the famous Russian painter Andrej Bicenko. Bicenko had escaped from Russia after the October Revolution, and lived in Serbia from 1920 to 1951, during which time he painted many frescos. A particularly interesting fresco in this church is Lord of Sabbath, which shows Jesus and his disciples walking through grain fields on the Sabbath day.

External links

Serbian Orthodox Church Archived 2011-02-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Serbian and English)
Namesnistvo Tamnavsko (in Serbian)

Serbian Orthodox church buildings

Serbia

Belgrade	Church of Saint Sava St. Michael's Cathedral St. George, Banovo Brdo Ružica St. Mark's Church St. Basil of Ostrog Church of the Ascension Rakovica Monastery Chapel of Saint Petka Holy Apostles Peter and Paul St. Alexander Nevsky Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel (Batajnica) St. Nicholas (Dobanovci) Holy Virgin (Zemun)
Vojvodina	St. Nicholas (Bačinci) St. John the Baptist (Bačka Palanka) St. George (Banoštor) St. George (Bečej) St. Peter and Paul (Berkasovo) Saint Sava (Čerević) St. Nicholas (Erdevik) St. Elijah (Ilinci) Presentation of the Theotokos (Inđija) Dormition of the Theotokos (Irig) St. Nicholas (Irig) St. Theodore Tiron (Irig) Holy Apostle Luke (Kupinovo) Saint George's Cathedral (Novi Sad) Transfiguration of the Lord (Ruma) St. Nicholas (Sibač) St. Nicholas (Sivac) St. George (Sombor) Epiphany of the Lord (Srbobran) Nativity of the Theotokos (Sremska Kamenica) Sremski Karlovci Orthodox Cathedral (Sremski Karlovci) St. Demetrius (Sremska Mitrovica) St. Archdeacon Stephen (Sremska Mitrovica) Holy Archangel Gabriel (Susek) Presentation of the Theotokos (Sviloš) St. Nicholas (Šid) Dormition of the Theotokos (Titel) St. George (Tovariševo) Transfer of the relics of the Holy Father Nicholas (Turija) St. Nicholas (Vršac) Assumption (Zrenjanin)
Central Serbia	St. Achillius (Arilje) St. Nicholas (Baljevac na Ibru) Nativity of the Virgin (Bogatić) St. Nicholas (Brezova) Kađenica (Dljin) Saints Peter and Paul (Dobrić) Saints Emperor Constantine and Empress Helena (Ivanjica) White Church (Karan) St. Nicholas (Kosovica) Holy Trinity (Kraljevo) Transfiguration (Krivaja) Holy Ascension (Krupanj) St. George (Kruševac) Lazarica (Kruševac) Holy Mother of God (Kuršumlija) Holy Trinity (Leskovac) Odžaklija (Leskovac) Cave Church (Lukovo) St. George (Lukovo) Štava Church (Lukovska Banja) Holy Trinity (Negotin) Holy Trinity Cathedral (Niš) Nativity of the Theotokos (Novaci) Nativity of Christ (Pirot) Cave Church (Rsovci) St. Petka (Staničenje) Apostles Peter and Paul (Stari Ras) St. John the Baptist (Stevanac) Oplenac (Topola) St. Mark (Užice)
Kosovo* (status)	Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Belo Polje) St. Stephen (Donje Nerodimlje) St. Paraskeva (Drsnik) St. Nicholas (Đurakovac) Holy Archangels (Gornje Nerodimlje) Virgin Hodegetria (Mušutište) Nativity of the Theotokos (Obilić) Christ the Saviour (Pristina) Holy Saviour (Prizren) Our Lady of Ljeviš (Prizren) St. Elijah (Podujevo) Saint George (Prizren) St. Nicholas (Prizren) St John the Baptist (Samodreža) St. Nicholas (Slovinje) St. Nicholas (Štrpce) St. Uroš (Uroševac) Saint Elijah (Vučitrn)

Montenegro

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Herzegovina

Republika Srpska	Banja Luka Cathedral (Banja Luka) St. Nikola (Dobrelji) St. Nicholas (Dobrljin) St. Nicholas (Javorani) St. Nicholas (Rijeka) St. Nicholas (Romanovci) St. George (Sopotnica) St. Nicholas (Srđevići) St. Archangel Michael (Veličani)
Federation B&H	Holy Trinity (Mostar) Nativity of the Theotokos (Mostar) Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel (Sarajevo) Holy Transfiguration (Sarajevo) Nativity of the Theotokos (Sarajevo) Dormition of the Theotokos (Tuzla)