Contracts signed for co-financing projects of churches and religious communities – RADIO TELEVIZIJA BOR

For the co-financing of projects of churches and religious communities, this year the City of Bor allocated close to 5.9 million dinars for five projects out of six and a half million dinars. Today, on that occasion, contracts on the allocation of funds were signed in the City Administration.

BOR – In the City Administration of the City of Bor, Mayor Aleksandar Milikić and the clergy of the “St. George” Orthodox Church signed contracts on co-financing projects of churches and religious communities, for which more funds were allocated this year than before. Of the estimated six and a half million dinars from the city budget, close to 5.9 million dinars have been earmarked for the implementation of five projects.

“The largest amount of funds was approved for the project of reconstruction of the facade and roof of the Church of the Ascension in Luka, about 2.3 million dinars. The church municipality of Donja Bela Reka was granted close to one and a half million dinars for the restoration of the church bells and the painting of the interior of the church for two projects, the church in Brestovac received about one million and 350 thousand dinars for the reconstruction of the interior walls and close to 760 thousand for the electrification of the church bells in the church in Slatina. The deadline for project implementation is November 30“, he said Saša Simonovićmember of the City Council in Bor

“Increasing allocations from the city budget give us the opportunity to maintain and arrange Orthodox temples so that they are places where we pray for the health and progress of all of us.“, pointed out the archpriest Radoje Mijovićelder of the Church “St. George” in Bor

The local self-government will strive to give full support to the church community in the coming period, and it is planned that the City of Bor will get another religious building.

“Last year, we built a religious building at the New Cemetery, and in the coming period, the construction of religious buildings in Bučje and Banjsko Polje is planned. The biggest investment in this area is the construction of a new city temple, right next to the future Hospital“, he emphasized Aleksandar Milikicthe mayor of Bor

Investments in Orthodox temples are very important for the spiritual life and preservation of the culture and traditions of the Orthodox people, Milikić concluded.