2026Sacral Architecture - Sheetlets CTO

The Church of St. Alexander Nevsky was built as a parish church in Dorćol, but also as a permanent monument to the members of the Moravian Army, among whom were numerous Russian volunteers who fought for the liberation of Serbia. Built in the Serbian-Byzantine style, this triconch-domed building with a base in the shape of an inscribed cross, crowned by a central dome and adorned with rich stone decorations on the facade, is a contemporary but consistent interpretation of the original Moravian style. The original construction, which began in 1912 according to the design of architect Jelisaveta Načić, continued in 1927 and was completed in 1930, according to the architectural design of Vasily Mikhailovich Androsov (1872–1944), who designed and completed the temple. The newly built temple was the first interwar temple, and thus at one point the most modern solution in the sacral architecture of the capital.