St. George Serbian Church, Timișoara

Coordinates: 45°45′27″N 21°15′3″E / 45.75750°N 21.25083°E / 45.75750; 21.25083
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St. George Serbian Church
Biserica sârbească „Sf. Gheorghe” (
St. George
StatusActive
Location
Location1 Trajan Square, Timișoara
Geographic coordinates45°45′27″N 21°15′3″E / 45.75750°N 21.25083°E / 45.75750; 21.25083
Architecture
StyleBaroque
Groundbreaking1745
Completed1755

The St. George Serbian Church (

Cetate's Union Square and the St. Nicholas Church in Mehala
's Avram Iancu Square.

History

A small Orthodox church existed here since Ottoman rule. In the 17th century this church was in an advanced state of degradation and was replaced by a wooden church. But the first representative Orthodox church in the

Cetate district in 1737, the church in Fabric became the only place of worship for the Orthodox in the city.[2] It was built between 1745 and 1755, in the Baroque style. The church tower, with elements of classical architecture, was raised in 1890, because taller buildings had been built in the square, which dominated the church from an architectural point of view.[3]

During the period in which it was built, the Romanian patriarchates in Banat had been transferred under the jurisdiction of the Serbian metropolis, which had moved its seat from Belgrade to Timișoara. Thus, St. George Church was a place of worship for Romanian and Serbian Orthodox parishioners, with services being held in both languages.[4] But there were dissensions between the two communities, the Romanians wanting the hierarchical separation of the two churches. Thus, at the Great Assembly on Câmpia Libertății in 1848, one of the Romanians' demands was the recognition of a Romanian metropolitan in Timișoara. In 1865, the hierarchical separation of the Romanian Orthodox Church from the Serbian one was decided. A few years later, the St. George Church is declared by a court decision to belong only to the Serbian Orthodox community, and the Romanian Orthodox will build a new church in the Fabric district – St. Elijah Church.[2]

Architecture

The church consists of a rectangular

St. George and St. Demetrios. The twelve apostles and the Virgin Mary in the center are the only works in tempera that survive from the original work by Nikola Nešković.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Tănăsescu, Claudia (15 May 2015). "Biserica Ortodoxă sârbească Sfântul Gheorghe". Merg.În.
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  5. ^ Sarkadi Nagy, Emese (10 May 2010). "Biserica sârbească Sfântul Gheorghe, Timișoara". Enciclopedia Virtuală Maghiară din România.
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