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On 25 February 1950, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church decided to canonize Joseph the New, as well as to relocate his relics from the church of the Partoș Monastery to the Metropolitan Cathedral of Timișoara. [12] In the basement of the cathedral is the collection of religious art of the Metropolis of Banat.
The present church was built in Baroque style between 1744 and 1748 by order of the Serbian Orthodox Bishop Georgije Popović. [3] The church was built from the donations of the churchgoers, being made of stone and brick. [2] In order to gain space for the larger church, a Turkish rampart that had existed since the 16th century was demolished ...
The Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary (Romanian: Biserica Adormirea Maicii Domnului) is a Romanian Orthodox church in the Elisabetin district of Timișoara, Romania.It is located on Archpriest George Dragomir Street and is opposite the Cross Square (Piața Crucii).
The first settlers of Mehala, the Rascians, belonged to the Orthodox religious community. In 1744 they founded their then joint Serbian-Romanian parish. The St. Nicholas Church is the oldest documented building of the Mehala district and was built of brick between 1786 and 1793.
Hodoș wooden church, dedicated to Saint Demeter, originates from the village of the same name in Timiș County, Romania, and dates back to 1774. The church was moved in 1970 to the yard of the Orthodox Diocesan Center in Timișoara. It is included in the list of historical monuments with the code TM-II-m-B-06145. [1]
If in 1910 most of the inhabitants were Roman Catholics, [95] in 2011 75% declared themselves Romanian Orthodox. In Timișoara there are 80 churches, 12 of which were built after 1989; [96] 41 belong to the Orthodox Church, eight to the Roman Catholic Church and three to the Greek Catholic Church. [75]
His relics are found in the Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral. [9] The Serbs has left a rich heritage, especially orthodox churches and monasteries in Banat and in southern Crișana called Pomorišje historically. Most of the Serbs in Romania are Orthodox Christians; the vast majority belong to Serbian Orthodox Church Eparchy of 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]