Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Angels, Zagreb

The Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Angels stands where Sesvetska Sopnica meets VII Retkovec, beside the Franciscan Monastery of St Elijah. The parish was founded on 6 June 1991 and entrusted to the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena; construction of the church began on its newly acquired site in November 2000. Architect Srećko Kreitmayer conceived the building as a contemporary interpretation of the biblical Tent of Meeting. Inside are Đuro Seder’s Annunciation stained-glass window, a statue of St Anthony of Padua and Mile Blažević’s bronze entrance doors, as well as Blaženka Salavarda’s Stations of the Cross mosaic. The parish celebrates its patronal feast, Porziuncola, on 2 August.