St. Marks's Church, Serbia

St. Mark's Church is a Serbian Orthodox church located in the Tašmajdan park in Belgrade, near the Parliament of Serbia. It was built in the Serbo-Byzantine architectural style by the Krstić brothers, completed in 1940, on the site of a previous church dating to 1835. It is one of the largest churches in the country. There is a small Russian Orthodox church next to St. Mark's. It really looks beautiful. Ana used the stamp showing a Serbian Davis Cup team: Novak Djoković, Janko Tipsarević, Nenad Zimonjić and Viktor Troicki who won the Cup in 2010.
Anječka, hvala puno! ;)

Serbia

Novi Sad is the capital of Serbian province Vojvodina. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river. Novi Sad is the 2nd largest city in Serbia. The city was founded in 1694, when Serb merchants formed a colony across the Danube from the Petrovaradin fortress,a Habsburg strategic military post. In the 18th and 19th centuries, it became an important merchant and manufacturing centre, as well as a centre of Serbian culture of that period, earning the nickname Serbian Athens. The city was heavily devastated in the 1848 revolution, but it was subsequently restored. During the city's long history, it has maintained its multi-cultural identity, with Serbs, Hungarians and Germans being the main ethnic groups. Today, Novi Sad is an industrial and financial centre of the Serbian economy, as well as a major cultural hub.

Hvala Judit! :)

Belgrade, Serbia

Today's ex-Yugoslavian blog-update I am finishing with Serbia, our northern neighbor. Montenegro and Serbia were one country until 2006, May 21st when we gained independence at referendum. Our countries are quite connected and lot of Serbians live here, also many Montenegrin people there. I have been in Serbia few times, as I have many relatives there. This postcard shows St. Sava Temple, I visited it and liked it, even I am not religious. Great World Cup 2010 stamp used. :)

Анчи, још једном, пуно ти хвала! ;)

P.S. This scanned part of backside has my name written in Cyrillic letters - one of 2 kind of alphabets we use in this part of Balkans.