RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SERBIAN CHURCH BEGINS: Representatives of the burned St Sava church in New York talked to the officials

The representatives of the St Sava cathedral in New York, that burned down in great fire recently, started talking on Thursday about restoring the church. 

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The representatives, including Dusan Zivanovic and archpriest Djokan Majstorovic, meet up with city agencies, OEM (Office of emergency Management), DOB (Department of Buildings), representative of the Institute for Protection of Monuments, Major office representative and the representative of the local community.

Report from the St Sava church, agencies expressed support with the work of our church community on securing the desolation left from the fire and the activities done for that cause. 

Department of Buildings issued an order to enhance the the wall from the 25th street with metal beams and to cover the upper part of open walls with waterproof material, to keep the elements away from the walls. DOB and LPC approved the plans of church engineers, which precise the ways of conducting with this project.

The drafts of the plans will be sent to the factory, where special iron profiles will be made to strengthen the walls. It is expected for this part of the work to be completed by the 1st September 2016. That will enable the planed inner organization of the church, which will last around a year.

In the meantime, church community will continue with discussions with Institute for Protection of Monuments over their official representatives, real estate lawyers and architects and other relative agencies about the ways to reconstruct our church.

The statement specifies that the reconstruction requires detailed planning and construction, which will all take time.

(Telegraf.co.uk / Tanjug)