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Colinde have had a role in preserving and defending the Orthodox faith when heterodox proselytizing tried to break the unity of the Orthodox faith, and to dismantle, at the same time, national unity. [ citation needed ] The Mother of God, who occupies a central place in piety and Orthodox worship, is present everywhere in Romanian colinde ...
Romanian Christmas Carols, Sz, 57, BB 67 (Hungarian: Román kolindadallamok) is a set of little colinde, typical Christmas songs from Romanian villages, habitually sung by small groups of children, adapted in 1915 by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók to be played on the piano after hearing them sung in the below villages.
The Diocese of Covasna and Harghita (Romanian: Episcopia Covasnei și Harghitei) is a diocese of the Romanian Orthodox Church.Its see is the Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Miercurea Ciuc and its ecclesiastical territory covers Covasna and Harghita counties.
According to the 2011 census, there are 870,774 Catholics belonging to the Latin Church in Romania, making up 4.33% of the population.The largest ethnic groups are Hungarians (500,444, including Székelys; 41% of the Hungarians), Romanians (297,246 or 1.8%), Germans (21,324 or 59%), and Roma (20,821 or 3.3%), as well as a majority of the country's Slovaks, Bulgarians, Croats, Italians, Czechs ...
The church measures 19.9 by 25.7 meters, rising to a height of 26.3 meters. [6] It takes the form of a Greek cross. The Sibiu Orthodox Cathedral served as a model. [7] Ioan Zaicu [] led the mural painting of 18 frescoes depicting saints and biblical scenes, as well as 38 iconostasis icons. [8]
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 history of the cathedral is closely linked to the year 1919, when, on 28 July, Banat was united with Romania. The new Romanian administration took a series of measures to encourage Orthodoxy, neglected by the previous Austro-Hungarian administration, which was only favorable to the Catholic religion.
The church is located in Alexandru Mocioni Square, known in time as Küttl Square, Asănești Square or Ștefan Furtună Square.Although the southern part of the square (where the church is located) is considered to be part of the Elisabetin district, the church was built for Orthodox parishioners in the Iosefin district (which surrounds the square on the other three sides).