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St. John the Baptist Greek Catholic Cathedral

Cathedral chrám svätého Jána Krstiteľa (gréckokatolícka cerkev)
St. John the Baptist Greek Catholic Cathedral
Cathedral chrám svätého Jána Krstiteľa (gréckokatolícka cerkev)
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Greek Catholic
Settlement:
Eperjes, Prešov 
Address:
Hlavná 2871/1, 080 01 Prešov
Historical Hungarian county:
Sáros
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.994153, 21.242994
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History

A hospital church stood in its place dedicated to Virgin Mary at the end of the 14th century. In the 15th century it was managed by the Augustinians together with the hospital and the workhouse. After 1540 the Protestants used the church. The Minorites used it from 1673 and they turned the hospital into a monastery. The Baroque reconstruction was started in 1753-54. In 1787 the Minorites were banned by Emperor Joseph II. It became the church of the Greek Catholics in 1792. Now it is the centre of the Greek Catholics in the Uplands (Slovakia).

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