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Odžaklija
The church
Religion
Affiliation Serbian Orthodoxy
Leadership Serbian Orthodox Church
Location
Location Leskovac,   Serbia
Architecture
Completed1805-1812

The Odžaklija church ( Serbian: Оџаклија, Chimney church also known as the Old church, Стара црква) is an early 19th-century Serbian Orthodox church located in Leskovac, Serbia.

It was built during the First Serbian Uprising of the Serbian revolution. The Ottoman Empire forbade the locals to build a church, so the people announced the building of a home to the town priest, adding a nonfunctioning chimney to fool the Turkish lords.

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