Destruction date 19 July 1999 | Affiliation Serbian Orthodox Year consecrated 1938 | |
Church of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul was a Serbian Orthodox church located in Suva Reka, city and seat of the eponymous municipality in central Kosovo and Metohija. The church was built in 1938, and it belonged to the Diocese of Raška and Prizren of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Upon arrival of the German KFOR troops in the area of Suva Reka in June 1999, and when Albanians took over administration of the town, the church was vandalized and looted. In the early morning on 19 July 1999 the church was razed to the ground by powerful explosives. In the courtyard of the church Local Albanians built parking lot.
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