From the middle of 1944 to the beginning of 1945, the people of this area participated in the mass rescue of Allied pilots whose planes were shot down by German troops stationed in western Serbia and eastern Bosnia.

At the invitation of the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland, the people of Zlatibor rescued the downed pilots, took care of them and safely took them to the improvised airport in Pranjani near Čačak, from where they flew by American planes to the allied bases in liberated Italy.

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This information board was solemnly unveiled by the President of the Municipality of Cajetina Milan Stamatovic and the President of the Operation Halliard Association, retired Lieutenant Colonel of Aviation John Capello, and then a ceremonial academy was held in the hall of the Cultural Center. .

– The municipality of Cajetina joined the celebration of the 77th anniversary of the rescue of Allied airmen in the Second World War, when the Serbian people and soldiers and officers of the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland in 1944 and 1945 accepted and evacuated more than 550 downed Allied airmen. I am honored to attend an event that reveals a truth that has been hidden from the Serbian people for many years, an action in which our ancestors showed how to preserve honor, dignity, and how to respect the customs of war.

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Those people who rescued the pilots risked their lives and the lives of their families, but they knew how to defend the honor and reputation of their people. It was not written in historical textbooks, but it was passed from generation to generation – said the president of the municipality of Cajetina, Milan Stamatović.

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The descendants of the rescuers of the allied airmen were also thanked by John Capello, president of the Halliard Foundation, which is especially well-formed so that these events would not be forgotten, and so that people in Serbia and around the world would learn about these heroes.

– On behalf of the families of the rescued airmen, we are here today to thank the descendants of the brave citizens of Zlatibor who participated in that humanitarian action. The mission of the Halliard Foundation is to tell the complete story of rescuing Allied pilots. There is no greater part than one person sacrificing for another – said Capello.

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The play “My Boot Remains Sad”, directed by students Vuk Zdravković and Jovana Šiljković, written by Jovana Šiljković, was performed by 16 high school students, who designed the scenography and costumes themselves.

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– He was a seeker. Free and capable of being someone else, special. He looked enraptured and half-dreamy. He was always full of understanding and immense warmth. His laughter was heard as the most beautiful verses of the songs he sang to us. We are moving forward, and we lack his expectations. We miss his roles, his questions. We miss his life, his everyday life. We need to tell him how much we love him – the students of the Užice high school stated on the ticket to the play.

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Marko Vermezović was their friend from the drama section. When he died, they prepared a play together for the competition of high school students in Serbia. Because of the tragedy, and then because of the epidemic, they did not finish it.

In the full theater hall, as much as epidemiological measures allow, emotions mixed. Along with the sad story on the stage, where the students tell the story of love and suffering in the First World War, there were those in the audience who cried.

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At the end of the play, Mark’s mother and sister congratulated the students with tears in their eyes. Tonight, with this play, high school students are performing in Cajetina, the birthplace of the victim Marko.

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“Three descendants of the Nemanjić family are buried in the temple, the prefect Dimitrije who is the founder of the monastery, later in monastic life was named David, and his remains are inside the temple. Then his son Vratislav under whose right upper arm were found falcon bones, which assures us that he was a knight and that he was buried with him. A special place in the foundations of the temple has the grandson of the prefect Dimitrije, Vratko, popularly known as Stari Jug Bogdan, the great commander at the court of Dušan the Strong with whom he went to great conquests. “, Nektarije’s father, the guardian of the temple near Brodarevo, told RINA.

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The Davidovica Monastery is one of the few monasteries that has a preserved contract and date of construction, along with the Milesevo Monastery and Pribojska Banja in the Middle Ages, it was a pillar of the development of the Serbian church and state.

“Thanks to the contract that is preserved in the historical-Dubrovnik archives, we have accurate data on the construction, and other monasteries do not have that and rely on traditions. The Davidovica monastery was founded on August 30, 1281, in that contract it says that the monastery itself was built for 150 solida in gold, which was then worth 15 good horses.Considering that this monastery is related to the Nemanjic dynasty, it has great historical value, but unfortunately it suffered the fate of many because it was destroyed and was in such a state until 1998 when it was renewed and consecrated by Patriarch Pavle “ said Nectarios.

Rina After its publication in 1998, the temple was consecrated by Patriarch Pavle

For over 350 years, the Serbian shrine was without a dome, which is why the frescoes could not be preserved, but some of them have been preserved as well as traces of writing. The monastery is dedicated to the Epiphany of the Lord and as such is the only one in Serbia dedicated to that holiday. There are about five squares of frescoes in it, as well as traces of the Romans, as well as a table from that period.

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“Today, very few believers decide to visit the Davidovica Monastery, given that the church is located between two large temples and the Gostun border crossing, especially if they wait several hours to cross, all this makes it difficult for tourists and believers to arrive except passers-by.”, concluded Nectaria’s father.

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The renovation of the temple took about two years, but there is still a lot to be done, a narthex from the 16th century, which contains tombstones older than Nemanjić.

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