Holy Cross Roman Catholic Parish Church
Biserica Înălțarea Sfintei Cruci
Holy Cross Roman Catholic Parish Church
Biserica Înălțarea Sfintei Cruci
Address:
Strada Kossuth Lajos 38
Historical Hungarian county:
Csík
GPS coordinates:
46.3617318088, 25.7971325699
History
The church was built in the Baroque style between 1751 and 1758. It was consecrated in honour of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in 1784. In 1771, the chapel of St John of Nepomuk was built on the north wall of the church.
The first documentary mention of Csíkszereda dates back to 1558, when it was already mentioned as a town, "oppidum Csík Szereda", so the settlement must be much older. In the Middle Ages, the Catholics of Csíkszereda did not have their own church, they belonged to the St. Peter parish in Csobotfalva. It is probable that the locals used the chapel of Mikó Castle as a place of worship until 1751, when the independent parish was established.
The church was completely surrounded by a defensive wall. In the fire of 1916, the parish and the archives burnt down. At the beginning of the 20th century, the population of the town was, with few exceptions, Roman Catholic, and it had only Catholic church and Catholic parish.
At the end of the 19th century, when Csíkszereda became the seat of the county, the town started to develop more rapidly, but the church could no longer meet the needs of the growing settlement. By the beginning of the 20th century, plans for a new church had been drawn up, and the funds for its construction had been raised by 1914. But before work could begin, the First World War broke out and everything was lost.
In the fire of 1916 the parish, the bell-ringer's and the cantor's dwelling burnt down. In the difficult circumstances after the war, reconstruction was only possible in 1928, thanks to a donation from Bishop Count Majláth Károly Gusztáv and others.
In 1945, the bell-ringer's dwelling behind the church was demolished.
In 1981, the communists wanted to take the garden next to the church to open up a street, but the archdeacon-parish priest had a plank church built on it next to the existing church because of the large number of worshippers. More than 5,000 worshippers gathered for the holy mass of the confirmation, so that the service could only be held in the churchyard.
The new, larger church (Millennium Church) was started in 2001 and was completed in 2003 as a result of the persistent work of Darvas-Kozma József, the dean-parish priest, based on the plans of Makovecz Imre. The new church was consecrated on 18 October 2003 by Archbishop Jakubinyi György and Bishop Tamás József in honour of the Assumption and the Hungarian saints. After the construction of the new church, the plank church was moved to Szécseny at the foot of the Hargita Mountain. On 6 September, it was consecrated by Bishop Tamás József in honour of St. Kinga of the House of Árpád.
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