ST. SAVA EXHIBITION AT SANU GALLERY DRAWS 56,000 VISITORS

BELGRADE, JULY 16 /SRNA/ - The "St. Sava" exhibition at the Gallery of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts /SANU/ in Belgrade, organized to mark the 850th anniversary of the birth of the first Serbian archbishop and educator, has so far attracted around 56,000 visitors, gallery technician Stojan Predović told SRNA.

The exhibition will remain open until July 19. Predović said visitor interest has increased over the past 20 days, with around 1,700 people now visiting daily, including foreign tourists, particularly from Russia and China. "Interest has increased after a number of influencers invited their followers on social media to visit the exhibition," Predović says. On the final day of the exhibition, Saturday, July 19, the SANU Gallery will remain open until 9.00 p.m. The exhibition, which aims to present the life, work and legacy of St. Sava, offers a unique opportunity to see in one place a large number of exceptionally valuable exhibits from Serbian church and museum collections, including Hilandar Monastery, Žiča Monastery, Studenica Monastery, the Patriarchate of Peć, the National Museum of Serbia and the Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Particular attention has been drawn to sacred treasures from Hilandar Monastery, including St. Sava's Kareia Typikon, replicas of St. Sava's abbot's staff and walking staff, as well as the original famous icons of the Most Holy Mother of God Hodegetria, Christ Pantocrator, St. Sava with St. Simeon, together with other icons and manuscripts of invaluable importance to Serbia's spiritual and cultural heritage. The exhibition also features valuable medieval manuscripts, charters, liturgical books, vestments, crosses and other artefacts bearing witness to the life and work of St. Sava and eight centuries of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The exhibition was curated by Bishop Tikhon of Moravica, academic Igor Borozan and Miljana Matić, deputy director of the Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church.