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The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Osenik, near Sarajevo

The church and parish house were set on fire in 1992.
The fourth Muslim brigade from Konjic operated in the Osenik Tarcin and Pazaric area.
The Fourth Muslim Brigade Konjic was an official formation of the so-called BiH Army

Destroyed:

1992

Link Video Četvrta muslimanska brigada - MUDERRIS | ELITNE JEDINICE ARMIJE RBiH - EPIZODA 2 - YouTube

This video is about the fourth Muslim brigade, which also operated in the Osenik area.


Build: The church in Osenik was built in 1896.


Church reconstruction: the church and parish house were renovated in 2008. 

The church was renovated by the Serbian Orthodox Church, Metropolis of Dabro-Bosnia.


Population and religion: 

According to official data from the 1991 census, 105 Serbs lived in the settlements of Osenik, and 185 Serbs lived in the settlement of Pazaric.


According to data from the official census from 2013, three Serbs lived in the settlement of Osenik, and 17 Serbs in the settlement of Pazaric.


The church and parish house was burned down by members of the so-called Army of BiH.

Muslims were the absolute majority in the Army of BiH.

During the war in BiH, church, together with the parish house, was looted and set on fire in 1992.

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