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St. Michael and Gabriel Archangels Hungarian Greek Catholic Church

Biserica Greco-Catolică Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril (Parohia Maghiară)
St. Michael and Gabriel Archangels Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
Biserica Greco-Catolică Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril (Parohia Maghiară)
Carei Doina GC
Biruitorul, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Greek Catholic
Settlement:
Nagykároly, Carei
Address:
Strada Doina 24
Historical Hungarian county:
Szatmár
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
47.687295, 22.467507
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History

The first Greek Catholic inhabitants of the town were the hajdú warriors in the personal service of the Károlyi family, who defended the castle. In the 18th century, Károlyi Sándor designated a separate part of the town for them, called Hajdúváros (Hajdú Town). In 1736, the Greek Catholics built a new wooden church, but the Vlach and Rusyn believers could not agree on its use. The present church was built for the Rusyn Greek Catholics between 1737 and 1739, at the expense of Rácz Demeter, the governor of the Károlyi estates. The earthquake of 1834 severely damaged it, together with the former Vlach church next to it. The iconostasis was painted by János Hippo János in 1857.

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