Contracts for co-financing programmes of public interest implemented by churches and religious communities from the territory of the City of Smederevo were presented today at the City Administration in Smederevo.
This year, five million dinars has been allocated from the city budget for these purposes, and four types of programmes are covered by the co-financing.
A total of RSD 3.5 million will co-finance the programme of adaptation, reconstruction and maintenance of churches, religious buildings and parish homes in Lipe, Ralja, Vranovo, Udovice, Malo Orašje, Kolari, Vodanj, Lugavčina and Smederevo (Jasenak).
RSD 300,000 under the programme for the protection and care of churches and religious buildings of exceptional historical, national and cultural importance will co-finance works on the façade of the church in Osipaonica.
RSD 900,000 has been earmarked for the programme supporting the organisation of religious events of importance to the City of Smederevo. It covers the organisation of the Christmas Eve celebrations and the swim for the Holy Cross on the Feast of the Epiphany, as well as funding for the celebration of two centuries of the old Church of the Holy Archangel Gabriel in Osipaonica and for the celebration of the church’s patron saint’s day, St Peter’s Day, at the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Kolari.
With RSD 300,000, the City of Smederevo is also supporting programmes to improve cooperation between the local government and churches and religious communities in the educational, historical, cultural, social and humanitarian and other spheres, such as the oratory competition organised by the Church Municipality of Smederevo in Smederevo and the summer religious education camp in Jasenak.
At their meeting with the representatives of churches and religious communities, the President of the City Assembly of Smederevo, Milan Perić, the Deputy Mayor, Vladimir Nešić, and Member of the City Council Slaviša Stošić stressed that in this way the City of Smederevo is continuing its long-standing support for churches and religious communities with the aim of preserving the identity of the people.
The contracts were presented to the representatives of churches and religious communities by the Deputy Mayor of Smederevo, Vladimir Nešić.
