The glory of the Church of St. Thekla in Orašje na Zubcitranslated

On Wednesday, October 7, 2026, the glory of the church of the Holy First Martyr Tekla in the village of Orašje in Zubci was celebrated.

The Holy Liturgy was served by Archimandrite Vasilije, abbot of the monastery of the Holy Great Martyr Georgi in Zubci, with the concelebration of archpriest-stavrophor Vasilij Tomić, Aleksandar Ilić, Miroslav Ratković, the responsible parish priest Boris Banduka and the faithful people from Trebinje and the surrounding areas.

After the reading of the Gospel, Fr. Vasilije Tomić preached, and during the Liturgy litia was held around the church and the celebratory cake was broken.

A feast of love has been prepared for all those present at the gate.

On October 9, 2022, on the feast of St. John the Theologian, the Church of St. Thekla was consecrated by His Eminence Bishop Dimitrije of Zahum-Herzegovina and Primorsko with the concelebration of clergy from several dioceses of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the faithful. The church is frescoed and decorated. By the way, the new church was built near the foundations of an older early Christian church, which is assumed to date from the third to the sixth century. The old church was demolished in the last decades of the presence of the Turks in this area.

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