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Ascension of the Lord Cathedral, Good Friday Church

Biserica Sfânta Vineri
Ascension of the Lord Cathedral, Good Friday Church
Biserica Sfânta Vineri
RO SJ Catedrala Sf. Vineri din Zalău
Nicu Farcaș, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Orthodox
Settlement:
Zilah, Zalău
Address:
Strada Sfânta Vineri 8
Historical Hungarian county:
Szilágy
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
47.1946463308, 23.0556338672
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History

The construction of the monumental church, designed by Doina and Mircea Nejur, began on 15 August 1990 at the initiative of priest Ioan Ghiurco and has not been completed to date. It is a miniature copy of the Hagia Sophia church in Constantinople.

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