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Church of the Conception of St. John the Baptist and parish house near Sarajevo.
The church was burned down several times.

The church was set on fire in 1992 by members of the so-called BiH Army.
The absolute majority of members of the so-called Army of BiH were Muslims.

Destroyed:

1992

Built:1984


Renovation of the Church: The church was renovated in 2006. 

The church was renovated by the Serbian Orthodox Church, Metropolitanate of Dabro Bosna.


Population and religion:
According to official data from the 1991 census, 546 Serb Christians lived in Donja and Gornja Zimca near Sarajevo.
According to data from the 2013 census, only 6 Serb Christians lived in the settlements of Gornja and Donja Zimca


The settlement of Zimca and the surrounding settlements were controlled by the first corps of the so-called Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The headquarters of the first corps of the so-called Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina was in Sarajevo. 


Diocese / Metropolis:

The Church of St. John in the settlement of Zimca belongs to the Metropolitanate of Dabro-Bosnia.
The Metropolitanate of Dabro-Bosnia is a metropolitanate within the Serbian Orthodox Church.


Burned and demolished in 1992. 

Parish house burned and demolished by Muslims in 1992.

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