Elevation of the Holy Cross Church
Костел Воздвиження Святого Хреста
Elevation of the Holy Cross Church
Костел Воздвиження Святого Хреста
Historical Hungarian county:
Bereg
GPS coordinates:
48.205731, 22.647386
History
According to the legend, a peasant lad named Szász was grazing his flock, when two of his bulls
clashed and dug up a wealth of treasure with their hooves. Out of gratitude, he erected a church on the site.
Its founders were probably Saxon gold and salt miners and farmers settled by King Géza II of Hungary. It was destroyed during the Mongol invasion, and its reconstruction took place only during the reign of King Louis the Great, who made Beregszász one of the most prosperous towns in Upper Hungary. His mother, Elizabeth, had a residence in the town, and it was thanks to her that the church was rebuilt.
The present-day church was built in 1418 during the reign of King Sigismund of Hungary. It was rebuilt twice, in 1518 and 1522, from the donation of Queen Mary, the wife of King Louis II of Hungary.
In 1519, Pope Leo X elevated the Roman Catholic parish of Beregszász to archdeaconry.
In 1565 the church was taken over by the Calvinists, who destroyed its altars, statues and sacred images.
On June 17, 1657, Poles raided the town, set the church on fire where the inhabitants had taken refuge, and massacred its defenders. The church was renovated by Báthory Zsófia, the wife of Prince Rákóczi György II of Transylvania.
On June 8, 1686, the defenders of Munkács Castle attacked the imperials stationed in Beregszász. Sorrowfully the church burned down again, which left the town without a church for almost a century and a half. The tower was repaired in 1743.
The church was completely restored between 1839 and 1846 in a Romantic style. The west side of the church was made symmetrical by the addition of the Christ Coffin Chapel. The chapel of St. Michael on the south side was demolished. The tower was raised, the western facade was remodeled in neo-Gothic style.
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