„MICHAEL THE BRAVE” MEMORIAL CHURCH

„DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT” ORTHODOX CHURCH
October 23, 2017

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The Memorial Church of „Michael the Brave” stands in the proximate site of the old Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral founded in 1597 by Michael the Brave.

In the seventeenth century, the Metropolitan Complex housed an older church and a printing house alongside the cathedral. Alba Iulia was the capital of Orthodoxy in Transylvania at the time.

The glory of the Orthodox Metropolitan Church in Alba Iulia was short-lived. The complex was demolished in 1715 when works for the great bastion fortress started.

The construction of the current church, which is reminiscent of the Metropolitan Church of Transylvania, began in 1988. It was located as close as possible to the original cathedral of Michael the Brave, near the walls of the Alba Carolina fortress.

The wooden church, in the architectural style of Maramureș region, has been used since 1992 and was hallowed in 2006. Its painting was completed in 2013 by Nicolae Bălan.

The church is dedicated to both The Holy Trinity and Saint Silouan the Athonite.

 

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