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{{Infobox church
| name = Church of St Nicholas
| fullname = Hram svetog Nikole<br>Храм светог Николе
| dedication = [[St Nicholas]]
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| image = Crkva svetog Nikole u Vukovaru - Црква светог Николе у Вуковару 13.jpg
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| caption = Church of St Nicholas
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| coordinates = {{coord|45|20|55|N|19|00|8|E|display=inline,title}}
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| denomination = [[Serbian Orthodox]]
| architect =
| style = [[Baroque]]
| status = [[Church (building)|Church]]
| functional status = Active
| heritage designation = [[Register of Cultural Goods of Croatia]]
| constructed_date =
| archdiocese = [[Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja]]
| country = Croatia
| location = [[Vukovar]], [[Vukovar-Syrmia County]]
}}

'''Church of St. Nicholas''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Храм светог Николе}}; [[Romanization of Serbian|Serbian Latin:]] ''Hram svetog Nikole''; {{langx|hr|Hram svetog Nikole}}) in [[Vukovar]] is a [[Serbian Orthodox]] church in eastern [[Croatia]]. The church is one of the oldest baroque buildings of the Serb community north of the [[Sava]] River.<ref name="Vukovara 2008">Konstrukcija poslijeratnog prostora:Simbolička izgradnja Vukovara, Mateo Žanić, Institutu društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar, POLEMOS: časopis za interdisciplinarna istraživanja rata i mira, Vol.XI No.22 Srpanj 2008.</ref>

==Architecture==
St. Nicholas is nave building with an [[apse]] and [[bell tower]] at the main [[facade]].<ref name="Ministarstvo kulture">{{cite web|url=http://www.min-kulture.hr/default.aspx?id=6212&kdId=69369570|title=Ministarstvo kulture-pretraživanje kulturnih dobara|access-date=2013-03-30}}</ref> The main front in the central part is slightly accentuated, processed by single and doubled [[pilaster]]s, [[cornice]]s and attic wavy line on the edges of a [[Classicism|classicist]] vases.<ref name="Ministarstvo kulture" /> Slender tower that emphasize edge pilasters ending baroque [[arch]]es with the [[lantern]].<ref name="Ministarstvo kulture" /> Vaulted nave of the church is divided into four bays, which are separated by a wide [[archivolts]] resting on Ionic [[Capital (architecture)|capitals]], while the semi-dome-vaulted [[sanctuary]].<ref name="Ministarstvo kulture" /> The bell tower, which was completed in 1767, is 37 meters high.<ref name="Izvor">{{cite web|url=http://www.zvo.hr/izvor/567d99df21516c0.pdf|title=Православни храмови источне Славоније, Барање и западног Срема /14/|publisher=[[Joint Council of Municipalities]]|format=PDF|page=20|access-date=2014-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225012104/http://www.zvo.hr/izvor/567d99df21516c0.pdf|archive-date=2016-02-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
Present church was built in the period from 1733 till 1737.<ref name="Konzulat">{{cite web|url=http://www.gk-srbije-vukovar.hr/spomenici.html|title=KULTURNO ISTORIJSKI SPOMENICI, ZGRADA SRPSKOG DOMA U VUKOVARU and -RODNA KUĆA I CRKVA U KOJOJ JE KRŠTEN ZAHARIJE ORFELIN U VUKOVARU |publisher= [[Consulate General of Serbia in Vukovar]] |access-date=2014-03-05}}</ref> The church is built on location of old wooden church from 1690.<ref name="Vukovara 2008"/><ref name="Konzulat" /> The church was closed and looted during the World War II (1941-1942), and in 1991 interior of the church was dynamited by the local Croatian armed units in the city.<ref name="Konzulat" /> Of the total 1991 pre-war internal inventory there is kept only 39 icons, 3 gospels and part of archive and church vessels.<ref name="Izvor" /> Reconstruction of external damage is completed, while the restoration of the interior is still in progress.

==Inventory==
[[File:Crkva svetog Nikole u Vukovaru - Црква светог Николе у Вуковару 03.jpg|thumb|left|Baroque iconostasis.]]
[[File:Spomenik Crkva svetog Nikole u Vukovaru - Споменик Црква светог Николе у Вуковару 01.jpg|thumb|left|Orthodox memorial cross for the "Serbian victims" of the [[Battle of Vukovar|war in Vukovar]].]]

St Nicholas inventory along church itself, is stated separately in [[Register of Cultural Goods of Croatia]] as a [[Collection (museum)|collection]] protected cultural property.<ref name="Ministarstvo kulture" /> Collection is composed of Baroque [[iconostasis]] from 1757, 17 [[icons]] from 1760, 23 books printed in [[Moscow]] in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries - two of which are valuable [[Octoechos (liturgy)|octoechos]] from 1537, liturgical vessels, two choirs, the bishop's and the Virgin thrones, pews from the 18th century and table for [[Communion rite|communion]].<ref name="Ministarstvo kulture" />

==Serbian Home Vukovar==
[[File:Srpski dom Vukovar 04.jpg|thumb|Serbian Home building]]
The original '''Serbian Home''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Српски дом}}; [[Romanization of Serbian|Serbian Latin:]] ''Srpski dom'') building in Vukovar was built in 1733. for the needs of the ''Serbian Russo-Slavic School''.<ref name="Konzulat"/> The original building was destroyed in a fire in 1822 in which 300 buildings in Vukovar burned.<ref name="Izvor"/>

The building was also seat of ''Serbian Singing Society "Javor"''. During [[World War II]], the church was taken over by [[Nazis]] and [[Ustaše]] who established at as a Town Command Center.<ref name="Izvor"/> They changed building name into ''[[Adolf Hitler]] Home'' and destroyed the Serbian Cyrillic inscription ''Српски дом'' at the top of building.<ref name="Izvor" /> In the former Yugoslavia, the building belonged to Velepromet company and today it is subject to an ownership dispute between the town and Serbian Orthodox Church. Since 1991 building temporary facility religious rites until church interior will be renovated.<ref name="Konzulat"/><ref name="Izvor"/>

==See also==
*[[Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja]]
*[[Vukovar]]
*[[Battle of Vukovar]]
*[[Serbs of Croatia]]
*[[List of Serbian Orthodox churches in Croatia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Serbian Orthodox churches|state=collapsed}}
{{Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia}}
{{Vukovar}}
{{Joint Council of Municipalities}}
{{Serbian minority institutions and organizations in Croatia}}

[[Category:Churches completed in 1737]]
[[Category:1737 establishments in the Habsburg monarchy]]
[[Category:18th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings]]
[[Category:Serbian Orthodox church buildings in Vukovar-Srijem County|Vukovar]]
[[Category:Destroyed churches in Croatia]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Vukovar]]
[[Category:Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja churches|Vukovar]]

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