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Christian Chapel Bijele vode Zenica

The Christian Serbian Orthodox chapel of Bijela Njiva was demolished by members of the Army BiH.
The absolute majority of the Army of BiH was made up of Muslims.
The Bijela Njiva Chapel is located in the Bijele Vode settlement.

Destroyed:

Construction of the chapel: The chapel was built in the sixties of the 20th century.

Reconstruction and consecration of the chapel: The Serbian Orthodox Church rebuilt and consecrated the chapel in 2018.


Population and religion: 

According to official data from the 1991 census, 67 Serb Christians lived in the settlement of Bijele Vode.
According to official data from the 2013 census, there is not a single Christian Serb in the settlement of Bijele Vode.


All Serbian Christian houses were looted and burned.
All the barns were looted and set on fire.
All agricultural machinery and agricultural tools were looted.
They took everything from Serbian households.


Eparchy / Metropolis

The chapel is part of the Metropolitanate of Dabrosanska, Serbian Orthodox Church.

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