Old Catholic Church (Graz)
The Old Catholic Church of the Resurrection is the parish church of the Old Catholic Church Community of Graz for Styria and southern Burgenland . It was consecrated to St. Christopher and was renamed the Old Catholic Church of the Resurrection in 2010 after a renovation. It is located in the 5th district of Graz, Gries , in the building of today's New Middle School St. Andrä.
History and design
In the monastery-like building, which is the location of the Old Catholic Church, which is inconspicuous from the outside, there has been an orphanage with an associated church in the Murvorstadt since the end of the 17th century. The two-storey sacred building was lost when it was converted into a barracks. In later times the facility was redesigned into a school building, nothing remained of the equipment of the former orphanage.
The merger of the churches independent of Rome to form the Utrecht Union of Old Catholic Churches took place in 1889. The first Old Catholic service took place in Graz before the turn of the 20th century. In 1901 a large hall in the vaults of the ground floor was adapted for the construction of an Old Catholic church.
The premises were redesigned for the first time in the 1960s and then again in 2010.
A special feature inside the church is a nativity scene in the form of a winged altar .
The associated Old Catholic Cemetery is an area of the Central Cemetery . It was rented by the Graz City Administration in 1932 and represents an Old Catholic section that is unique in Europe.
The current full-time pastor of the parish Graz is: Pastor Franz Handler
Secretariat and cemetery administration: Millner Michael (since 2013)
Community board chairman: Robert Görger-St.Jörgen
Cash management: Margarete Ferstl
literature
- Alois Kölbl, Wiltraud Resch: Paths to God. The churches and synagogue of Graz. 2nd, expanded and supplemented edition. Styria, Graz 2004, ISBN 3-222-13105-8 , p. 169.
Web links
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Left bank of the Mur: Barack Church Graz-Liebenau | Brother Klaus Church | St. Christoph | Church of Christ the Risen | Church of the Redeemer in the State Hospital | Ev. Church of the Redeemer (Liebenau) | Grabenkirche | Ev. Heilandskirche | Church Holy Family | Sacred Heart Church | Ev. St. John's Church | Joseph Church | Carmelite Church Maria Schnee | Carmelite Church of St. Joseph | Kreuzschwesternkirche | Leechkirche | Leonhard Church | Mariatrost Basilica | Church of Mary Green | Church of the Annunciation | Mater Dolorosa | Münzgrabenkirche | St. Paul (Liebenau) | St. Paul (Waltendorf) | St. Peter | Parish Church of St. Veit Salvatorkirche | Ulrichsbrunn
Right bank of the Mur: All Saints Church | Retirement home church | Old Catholic Church | Andräkirche | Anna Church Graz-Gösting | Institution Church of the Holy Cross in the LKH Graz II location south | Church of Mercy | Church of the Sisters of Mercy | Bürgerspitalkirche | Cholera Chapel | Christ the King's Church (Raach) | Parish Church of Christ the King (Wetzelsdorf) | Ev. Christ Church | Don Bosco Church | Elizabethine Church | Elisabeth Church | Florian Church | Church of the Crucified Savior | Castle Chapel Gösting | Good Shepherdess Monastery Church | St. John's Church | Church of Johann and Paul | Kalvarienbergkirche | Karlauerkirche | Ev. Kreuzkirche | St. Leopold | St. Luke | Mariahilferkirche | Maria in misery at Straßgang | Castle Church of St. Martin | Ruperti Church | Lazarist Church | School Sisters Church | Guardian Angel Church | Synagogue | Church of the Fourteen Holy Helpers | Vincent Church | Welsche Church
Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′ 10.5 ″ N , 15 ° 25 ′ 52.1 ″ E