In memory of Colonel Rajevskog

Memorial Church of the Holy Trinity in the Upper Adrovcu, a village as the crow flies about eight kilometers from Aleksinac and 75 km from Soko banja, a hundred years is a spiritual sanctuary that preserves the memory of the Russian Colonel Nikolai Nikolayevich volunteers Rajevskog who was killed in the Serbian-Turkish war of the 1876th years, fighting for the freedom of Serbia. Just a few meters east of where his sufferings are rising magnificent religious building, popularly known as the Russian church, built in the 1903rd year.

Situated on a plateau Golo Brdo 336 meters above sea level is dominated by its environment seems to indicate that libertarian ideas do not recognize the boundaries of which are proven Russian and other volunteers who in those years stood in defense of the small but proud and honorable Serbia.

They have done this act itself eternal, to which he pointed to the Bishop of Nis Irinej serving on Sunday a solemn liturgy of the day when the church in the Upper Adrovcu celebrated the hundredth anniversary, noting that Colonel Rayevski his work and life has done to the spiritual life went into a spiritual death, and while the church is alive and his work will live.

The spiritual connection between this place and the two brotherly peoples, and pointed to the Russian Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro Vladimir Ivanovski, who attended the anniversary, saying it was gathered primarily resulting feeling of spiritual closeness, not ideology or politics. The ceremony was attended by his counterparts from Belarus, Ambassador Vladimir Mickejivič, as well as representatives from Ukraine.

Memorial Church in Upper Adrovcu was named Holy Trinity, among other things due to the fact that the same name is sacred, where he was baptized Rajevski, according to many prototype characters Tolstovom Vronsky in the novel "Anna Karenina". The work was received, based on competition for selection of contractors published 28th December 1,901th in Belgrade's "Dnevnik", Giuseppe Kolaro contractor from Nis, a native Italian, with which the 16th January 1902. The construction contract was signed, but a 28th January Mary Rayevski deputy Stojan Novakovic gave a check for 60,000 francs on behalf of the contracted construction cost.

Construction of the church and the school took a year and a half, it talks about the white marble slab on the wall engraved with the inscription: "the efforts of Bishop of Niš Mr. Nicanor Ružičić, at the expense of a founder of Mrs. Mary Rajevski, built of this holy temple and consecrated 2 . September 1903.. " Since 1973. The temple is under state protection, a great day had a third September two years ago when, after completion of the renewal of consecrated again. Then he served the Divine Liturgy Patriarch Pavle.

And so a century this religious building is situated between the now hundred years old linden trees, keep the memories of the time fought, loved and believed with all my heart no matter the price you pay. He keeps secrets and legends of causing a tumultuous life as a Russian nobleman had Rajevski, according to many Vronsky from "Anna Karenina". Stay on this, now the holy place, the spiritual experience of those times.