Cathedral of the Three Holy Hierarchs

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Cathedral of the Three Holy Hierarchs
Cathedral of the Three Holy Hierarchs

Cathedral of the Three Holy Hierarchs
Construction time: 1936-1940
Architect : Ioan Traianescu
Style elements : Byzantine architecture
Towers:

11

Location: 45 ° 45 '2.3 "  N , 21 ° 13' 27.2"  E Coordinates: 45 ° 45 '2.3 "  N , 21 ° 13' 27.2"  E
Address: Bulevardul Regele Ferdinand I No. 1
Timișoara
Timiș , Romania
Purpose: Romanian Orthodox Cathedral
Diocese : Arhiepiscopia Timișoarei

The Cathedral of the Three Holy Hierarchs (Romanian: Catedrala Ortodoxă or Catedrala Mitropolitană ) is a listed Romanian Orthodox church on Bulevardul Regele Ferdinand I No. 1 in the 1st district of Cetate in the western Romanian city ​​of Timișoara on the Piața Victoriei , and one of its landmarks . It is dedicated to the three holy hierarchs Basilius the Great , Gregory of Nazianzen and John Chrysostom . It was donated by King Michael I and built in the second half of the 1930s according to the plans of the architect Ioan Traianescu . The foundation stone was laid on December 20, 1936, the consecration of the bells took place on August 28, 1938 and in 1940 the rest of the work was completed.

description

In order to be able to erect the cathedral in the swampy area on solid ground, over 1,000 concrete pillars had to be driven into the ground. The style is unusual for an Orthodox church. There are elements of the Byzantine style , but the domes typical of this style are missing, instead the church has a total of 11 towers, which are more similar to the Moldavian style. On the one hand, the cathedral is modeled after the Hagia Sophia , but on the other hand it is reminiscent of the monasteries built by Ștefan cel Mare . The towers are covered with enameled roof tiles, which form typical Romanian decorative patterns. The highest tower reaches a height of 96 m. The church is on a cross-shaped ground plan 65 m long and 32 m wide. The church can accommodate more than 4,000 people.

The interior and the icons were painted by Atanasie Demian , but were not completed until later due to the Second World War , so that the cathedral could not be consecrated until October 6, 1946. The iconostasis is a gold-covered icon wall with an area of ​​135 m² and was carved from lime wood by Stefan I. Goja from Timișoara . The mosaic floor is designed according to Banat carpet patterns. A crucifixion rises above the four registers with icons.

The seven electric church bells , which together weigh eight tons, are provided with religious inscriptions and come from Indonesia. The polyphonic bells were tuned by the Romanian composer Sabin Drăgoi . In the basement of the cathedral you can admire a collection of old church art. Here are the bones of Saint Iosif cel Nou, de la Partoș , the patron saint of the Romanian Orthodox believers in the Banat. Among the most important sacred objects in the church include the New Testament of Bălgrad ( Noul Testament de la Bălgrad ) from 1648 and the Homiliarium of Metropolitan Varlaam ( Cazania lui Varlaam ) from 1643, two of the oldest documents in Romanian.

gallery

  • Interior of the cathedral

literature

  • ID Suciu: Monografia Mitropoliei Banatului. Ed. Mitropoliei Banatului, Timișoara 1977, p. 236. (Romanian)

Web links

Commons : Cathedral of the Three Holy Hierarchs in Timișoara  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ gtztm.ro ( Memento from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 246 kB), Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2004 of the Județ Timiș , entry 131 - TM-II-mA-06138
  2. ↑ a b Darastean.com ( Memento from September 2, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), Sightseeing Timișoara Portfolio. (English)
  3. ^ Ebba Hagenberg-Miliu: Romania. Proper travel . DuMont Reiseverlag, Cluj 2008, ISBN 978-3-7701-7614-4 , p. 382 .
  4. ↑ temeswar.diplo.de , Consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany, press review 1. – 5. August 2011.
  5. ↑ Rumaenien-Info.at ( Memento of 5 April 2009 at the Internet Archive ), Timisoara - The Small Vienna
  6. ^ Timișoara, City Map and Sights, Ed. Tourism Information Center of the City of Timișoara, June 2009.
  7. ^ Temeswar.info , The Metropolitan Cathedral

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