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3 unusual facts about Petrićevac


Petrićevac

The reconstruction of the buildings started in 2003 after Pope John Paul II visited the site.

Filipović was defrocked after a February 1942 massacre of Serb civilians in the nearby villages (Drakulić and Motike).

Pope John Paul II's relations with the Eastern Orthodox Church

He held a mass at the Petrićevac monastery, a place of considerable controversy and distress, both during World War II and during the Yugoslav wars.


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