03.12.2014
Members of Odbrana Media Center visited the Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Employees at Odbrana Media Center visited today the Museum of Serbian Orthodox Church at the Patriarchy building and visited the regular museum setup, and a part of personal items of Patriarch Pavle.Manager of the Museum Vladimir Radovanovic led them through the unique treasury of Orthodox and Serbian tradition, who then stressed that the permanent museum setup is composed of only a small part of the rich religious, cultural and artistic treasure stored at the Museum and preserved and collected by the Serbian Orthodox Church for centuries.
Members of Odbrana Media Center had the opportunity to see rare icons, clothing items, sacral items made of metal, wood, bone, pearl and leather, votive gifts, clerical embroidering, stamps, historical documents and portraits of high clerical representatives.
The central part of the Museum is a true spiritual treasury, with shroud of King Milutin (end of 13th and beginning of 14th century), Jefimija’s Ode to Knez Lazar, Knez Lazar’s gown made before 1389 with heraldic symbols - lions in double embroidery and the helmet with ox horns printed on the gown’s button. Emperor Dusan’s Charter, reliquary of Saint Stefan Decanski from 1343 and Gospel of Decani from 13th century are the most valuable pieces of the rich museum treasury of the Serbian Orthodox Church. A significant part of clerical items at the Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church came from monasteries from Fruska Gora, from the times of the Brankovic dynasty. During WWII occupation, monastery treasuries were robbed, and only a part was returned and exhibited at the Museum.
The collection of over 800 written and printed clerical books, some of which are 600 years old are the proof that the greatest treasure of the Museum is in the written word, while the artistic value is painted on covers, often rich in embellishments and illustrations.
Aside from the regular museum setup, members of Odbrana media Center also had the unique opportunity to visit the Chapel at the Patriarchy, next to which is the hall where Sessions of the Serbian Orthodox Church are held. At the hall, the monumental canvas is kept – one of the three paintings of the Migration of Serbs by Paja Jovanovic, which is of invaluable worth.The Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church was founded in 1954. With the help of the Ministry of Culture, it was restored into a modern museum space, so now it contains three hundred exhibits, while several thousand are stored in its depots. Sources of the historical, clerical and artistic treasure are various, and most of it represents historical heritage of invaluable religious, cultural and artistic worth.
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