'Biserica de la Coroana' (Crown Church) - Bistrita, Romania
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N 47° 08.125 E 024° 30.004
35T E 310426 N 5223245
The 'Biserica de la Coroana' (Crown Church) is an Orthodox church in Bistrita
Waymark Code: WM18FZR
Location: Romania
Date Posted: 07/28/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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It seems that the Biserica de la Coroana (Crown Church) has many different names. The English Wikipedia page calls it the "Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple Church" and provides the Romanian translation "Biserica Intrarea Maicii Domnului in Biserica". The Romanian Wikipedia page uses "Manastirea minorita" (Minorite Monastery), although it's no monastery anymore, and provides additional names.

Either way, it is a Romanian Orthodox Church today.

Biserica de la Coroana

"The earliest mention of Franciscans in the town dates to 1268. Around that time, the order built a church and monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The choir was begun in the mid-13th century, while the western facade was finished last, around 1270. Around 1444, the damage caused by attacks in 1438 during the Ottoman–Hungarian wars was repaired. Around 1520, the wooden ceiling was replaced by a Gothic vault. Several years later, the transition from Gothic to Renaissance was in motion, as seen from stones surviving into the 20th century. In the same period, the church was painted in fresco, fragments of which also lasted until the 20th century. Among the figures depicted were Saint George, the Archangel Michael, Saint Emeric of Hungary, Saint Ladislaus and presumably a donor.

Under pressure from the Protestant Reformation, the Franciscans left the town between 1540 and 1542. The church then became Lutheran. In 1724, as part of the Counter-Reformation led by the Holy Roman Empire, the Franciscans regained the church. By 1788, it was a Catholic parish church. During the 18th century, Baroque features were added. The ceiling was replaced around 1772 and stairs were built into the western facade. The choir was heightened and given windows, as well as a Baroque altar dedicated to the Holy Trinity. A Baroque cornice was placed all along the facades. A triangular pediment was added to the western facade, as well as a bulb-shaped belfry. Other repairs date to 1847, when the first western portico was likely built.

In 1893, the unused property was purchased by the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church. The 1760 organ was probably removed around the same period. The western portico acquired its current Gothic Revival appearance in the interwar period. In 1948, when the new communist regime banned the Greek-Catholic Church, the building was transferred to the Orthodox Church. Subsequently, the Baroque altar was replaced by an iconostasis."

Source and further information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entry_of_the_Theotokos_into_the_Temple_Church,_Bistrita

Type of Orthodox Church: Eastern

Type of Building: Church

Status of Building: Actively in use for worship

Date of building construction: 01/01/1270

Address:
Piata Unirii 7
Bistrita, Romania


Relevant Website: [Web Link]

Date of organization: Not listed

Associated Icons, Reliefs, art, etc.: Not listed

Diocese: Not listed

Archdiocese: Not listed

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