Orašac Assembly ( ) was the gathering of 300 Serbian chiefs and rebels on ( Presentation of Jesus at the Temple ) at Orašac , a village near Aranđelovac , following the " Slaughter of the Knezes " which saw 70 notable Serbs murdered by the renegade Janissaries ( the Dahije ) in January which prompted the Serbs to rise up against the tyranny ( known in historiography as the " Uprising against the Dahije " ) , resulting in the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire . Karađorđe was appointed leader of the Serbian rebels after they all raised their " three fingers in the air " and thereby swore Oath . The site of the assembly , Marićevića jaruga , is today a memorial complex
Slaughter of the Knezes
Slaughter of the Knezes
Orašac Assembly