Dormition of the Mother of God Orthodox (Former Greek Catholic) Church

Biserica Adormirea Maicii Domnului

Biserica Adormirea Maicii Domnului

Original function:

church

Current function:

church

Church:

Orthodox

Settlement:

Szászsebes, Sebeș

Address:

Strada Mihail Kogălniceanu 22

Historical Hungarian county:

Szeben

Country:

Romania

GPS coordinates:

45.9617657209, 23.558099728

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History

The church was built in 1778 on the site of an earlier church. In 1701, the town was the centre of a Greek-Catholic district of 35 villages. In 1733 it had five Vlach priests, in 1761 the Orthodox had four priests and the Greek Catholics one. In 1756, the Orthodox youth removed the Greek Catholic preast Samuel Pop from the church, but in 1762 a royal decree again granted the church to the Greek Catholics. After it proved cramped, the Greek Catholics abandoned it in 1817.

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