St Andrea- Serbian village in Hungary : Photos taken by neron

St Andrea- Serbian village in Hungary

This village has been settled by Serbian refugees from Pec, Kosovo, in 1691, during the First Great Serbian Migration. At least 120,000 Serbian refugees have crossed Danube in Belgrade and withdrew from their native land, together with the Austrians (who have held Serbia for 2 years prior). Led under Patriarch Arsenije II Charnojevic, few dozen families have settled in the area on the outskirts of Budapest, carrying crosses, icons and other relicts, including the bones of the last Serb emperor- Czar Lazar (died in battle of Kosovo against Turks, on 28.6.1389.) There are as many as 7 Serbian Orthodox Churches in the village where the descendents of the Kosovo Serbs can pray for their homeland (which is still disputed today).

• Date: 2005
• Photographer: neron: gallery
• Uploaded: 6th Sep 2005
• Location: Serbia: gallery
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