Armenian Catholic Church
Historical Hungarian county:
Csík
GPS coordinates:
46.7246813686, 25.6057791114
History
In 1672, a large number of Armenians from Moldavia settled in Gyergyószentmiklós, mainly engaged in trade and industry. In 1680, they rented the wooden chapel in the 'Cemetery of Foreigners', established by the dean Ferenczy György. On April 6, 1717, in the presence of Bishop Mártonffy György of Transylvania, the Armenians took possession of the small Gothic chapel built in 1450. In 1722 the wooden chapel was enlarged, but it proved to be insufficient for the growing community. Theodorovich Simon, who was appointed parish priest of the Armenians of Gyergyószentmiklós in 1726, became the driving force behind the church's construction.
In 1730, the wooden chapel was demolished and work began on the church, which was completed in 1733. On 24 August 1733 it was consecrated by Bajtay Antal, Bishop of Transylvania. The tower was built in 1734 by Lukács János at his own expense. In 1748 it was fortified with a wall and round towers, and its parish was built in 1769.
In 1899 the monument was renovated and the interior was decorated with baroque frescoes. The late-Renaissance doorway beam bear the date 1637, marking the establishment of the cemetery for 'foreigners'. In the window-like recesses of the castle wall, on the inner side, there are masterly reliefs and paintings from around 1750.
A Gothic altar statue of Mary from the medieval chapel was found in the attic of one of the bastions of the church fence. The four altars and the pulpit were built between 1752 and 1754. One of the jewels of the church is the wooden baroque pulpit with the statue of the four evangelists at the bottom and St Michael on top. Also noteworthy are the ornate main and side altars and the altarpiece (St. Gregory), made in Venice in 1752. In the centre of the baroque high altar, which reaches up to the ceiling, is a painting of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, restored in 1889. The southern side altar depicts the scene of the stoning of St Stephen. The north side altar contains the most valuable painting in the church, painted in 1752 in the Venetian convent of the Mekhitarist monastery. The painting depicts Saint Gregory the Illuminator converting the persecuting King Tiridates III, which led to the conversion of the entire Armenian people to Christianity.
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