The church was designed by local architect
Ignazio Hencke in 1787 year and was built in 1790 using money of Orthodox Serbs who fled the
Ottoman Empire and settled in
Fiume (
Rijeka) city in 1768. At the same time urban local authorities hindered the construction. The church kept numerous icons from monasteries in
Bosnia and
Vojvodina. Rijeka has a notable Serb minority (6.57% in 2011, 11,24% in 1991), while the Serb-inhabited villages of
Milaši and
Moravice (
Gorski kotar) historically gravitated towards Rijeka. == Gallery ==