Feb 2010 Mystery Tour - St Sava
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The Argonaut A's mystery tour led by our youngest member was wonderful! Members had seven tips to follow through Amador County.
Our tour ended at the historic St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in Jackson. St. Sava was consecrated in 1894 and is the first Serbian Orthodox Church on the North American Continent. It was Founded by (Saint) Archimandrite Sebastian Dabovich. St. Sebastians' Relics are laid to rest inside the Church.
When the Church was consecrated it received gifts from Bishop Nikolai from the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska who presided over the service. Most fascinating of the gifts is the crystal chandelier. It is very fragile and was brought in by covered wagon completely intact. The bell in the tower which rings clear to this day was another.
President Slavkos' (Sam's) father was a hard rock miner in the local gold mines and his family were pioneers of the church.
The Serbians established a cemetery here in 1894. After the 1922 Argonaut mine disaster 11 of its 47 victims were buried there. We were truly fortunate to hear about St Sava's by the Deacon. It took the iconographer Miloje Milinkovic from 1995 to 2008 to complete the amazing frescoes at St Sava's.
More photos in photo gallery for Feb mystery tour.
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