Romanian Greek-Catholic Church in Oradea
Oradea, Romania, . July 24, 2012, Divine Liturgy celebrated in the memory of my mother, Mărieș Margareta Ema (Born May 24, 1921, Carei, Romania - Died July 23, 2012., Oradea, Romania).
Romanian Greek-Catholic Church, juridical Status: Major Archiepiscopate, Population: 707,452, {Romanian Church United with Rome, Major Archiepiscopate: Blaj, [776,529] Romania, United States (1697), BRU.ro. BRU.ro. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2011-04-27.}
Catedrala Sf. Nicolae din Oradea, situată în str. Iuliu Maniu din municipiul Oradea, este catedrala Episcopiei Greco-Catolice de Oradea.
Construcția bisericii începe în anul 1800, când episcopul greco-catolic Ignațiu Darabant demolează mica biserică greco-catolică, și începe construcția unei catedrale. Clădirea are planul în formă de cruce, tavan boltit și o cupolă centrală pictată cu scene biblice. Acoperișul baroc al turnului a fost terminat în 1803, și a ars de două ori în 1836 și în 1907. Actuala formă a turnului a fost concepută de Giovanni Quai și a fost executată între anii 1910-1912. Altarului este așezat spre răsărit. În anul 1948, odată cu interzicerea BRU, lăcașul și-a pierdut statutul de catedrală episcopală și a fost dat în folosința BOR ca biserică parohială.
Lăcașul de cult a fost restituit Episcopiei de Oradea Mare în anul 2005, după îndelungate procese, tratative și tergiversări. Prima liturghie greco-catolică a avut loc, după 57 de ani de întrerupere, la 20 noiembrie 2005, cu participarea a peste 100 de episcopi, preoți și diaconi.
Slujba religioasa din data de 23 iulie 2012 a fost tinuta de Pr. Ioja Balint (data naşterii: 18 Noiembrie 1935, data hirotonirii: 15 August 1990).
The Eastern Catholic Churches (historically known by the now non-complimentary term Uniate Churches, which is still in use in some areas, and also by the inaccurate term eastern-rite Churches) are autonomous, self-governing (in Latin, sui iuris) particular churches in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, the Pope. Together with the Latin Church, they compose the worldwide Catholic Church. They preserve many centuries-old eastern liturgical, devotional, and theological traditions, shared in most cases with the various other Eastern Christian churches with which they were once associated. A few have never been out of communion with the Pope, a claim made, for instance, by the Maronites. Although the churches with which most were formerly associated may be of traditions out of communion with each other (Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, Church of the East), Eastern Catholic churches of whatever tradition are all in communion with one another and with the Latin or Western church. However, they vary in theological emphasis, forms of liturgical worship and popular piety, canonical discipline and terminology. They all recognize the central role of the Bishop of Rome within the College of Bishops and his infallibility when speaking ex cathedra. A number of theological concerns or, in the case of the Eastern Orthodox churches, differences primarily in understanding the role of the Bishop of Rome separate them even from their counterparts of similar tradition but out of communion with Rome, which in general do not admit them to the Eucharist or the other sacraments.
Historically, Eastern Catholic Churches were located in Eastern Europe, the Asian Middle East, Northern Africa, and India. Due to migration they are now also in Western Europe, the Americas and Oceania, where eparchies have been established alongside the Latin dioceses. Eritrea has only an Eastern Catholic hierarchy, with no Latin structure.
The terms Byzantine Catholic and Greek Catholic are used of those who belong to Churches that use the Byzantine Rite. The terms Oriental Catholic and Eastern Catholic include these, but are broader, since they also cover Catholics who follow the Alexandrian, Antiochian, Armenian and Chaldean liturgical traditions.
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Romania: The persecution of the Greek Catholic church
At the end of the Second World War Romania found itself among those countries dominated by imposed communist regimes. As so often under communism, the worst repressions befell both the Latin and Greek Catholic Church - those in full communion with Rome. In December 1948 the government issued a decree by which the Greek Catholic Church officially ceased to exist. Over five hundred priests, nuns and members of the laity were imprisoned. The state confiscated all Greek Catholic churches and property.
In 1949, the Romanian Orthodox religious affairs expert Mircea Eliade
wrote: Churches were occupied by the state militia, priests were arrested or murdered at the altar, nuns were deported at night in police lorries, jailed and mistreated. Seven Greek Catholic bishops died in prisons and internment camps, including Cardinal Iuliu Hossu. Although various methods were applied in an effort to convince him to renounce unity with Rome, Bishop Hossu consistently refused, saying: 'I cannot, because our faith is our life'.
Holy Mass was celebrated in hiding, in private homes with curtains drawn, in silence. Msgr. Alexandru Mesian, bishop of Lugoj, remembers that as a priest he had to be prepared for an interrogation and security searches at any time. Accordingly the chalice used for Holy Mass was a stemmed glass that stood in his room amongst many other glasses. Only I knew which one was the chalice that I used to celebrate Mass. This ensured that the state authorities never found any physical evidence.
Florentin Crihalmeanu, a young engineer employed in the production of tools for the food processing industry, participated in such underground Masses. Convinced of a vocation, in 1987 he began studying in a clandestine seminary. He took his Holy Orders in 1990, the same year that the Greek Catholic Church regained its freedom with the final collapse of communism. These were the first ordinations in our Church, in a free country. Of course, because we had no cathedral, [they] took place in the open air, in Freedom Square.
Today, of the over 2000 churches confiscated by the state in 1948, Greek Catholics have received only a very small percentage. In some places the Holy Mass continues to be celebrated in rented halls, schools, art centres, cinemas, or in open squares. The best way out appears to be to build new places of worship, something that the poverty stricken Greek Catholic Church finds hard to bear without help from abroad.
Romania: Unitate - Trailer
This trailer presents the first 10 minutes of the CRTN - documentary Unitate.
Production Date: 2007
Duration: 14
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Language: English, Spanish, German
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Director: Magdalena Wolnik
For centuries Romania has been a traditionally Orthodox country over eighty-five percent of the population are Orthodox. The three hundred year relationship with the minority Catholic Church, accounting for ten percent of the population has not been easy.
In May 1999, Pope John Paul II visited the country upon the invitation of the government and His Beatitude Patriarch Teoctyst of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Though difficult negotiations preceded his arrival, the visit passed into history as a milestone on the road to Christian unity.
This short documentary tells the visit of Pope John Paul II and the extraordinary impact that this had on the ecumenical dialogue between the Romanian Orthodox and Catholic Churches as well as on the nation.
Transylvanian-shot Greek-Catholic Church Service
The simplicity of life is illustrated in this short by summing up the Sunday service in the Greek-Catholic Church.
In the Posaga Community this religion is a minority, the majority being the Orthodox one. Their presence in Romania is overall a rarity and, to some, strange as the country is mainly Orthodox.
The Greek-Catholic celebrate their Christmas same time with the Orthodox (25th of December), they recognize the Pope as the supreme Church ruler and, above all, they put a serious accent on the family value.
My mother's parents are both Greek-Catholic. They have lived in the Community of Posaga for all their lives.
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Romania - Suspended between heaven and earth - Trailer
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Production Date: 2011
Duration: 50:00
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At that time we lived in Turda. There was always a policeman from the Securitate in church, who watched our every move. One day our Mother was summoned by the Securitate. An officer asked her:' Do you not realize that you are in fact harming your children by taking them to church?'
Mother replied:' I do not meddle in your children's upbringing, so don't you meddle in the upbringing of my children!'
She was so adamant, that the Securitate never summoned her again, and we practically never had any problems with them.
Rt. Rev. Florentin Crihalmeanu, Bishop of Cluj-Gherla, Romania
There were about 1.5 million Catholics in Romania before Communism in 1948. After 50 years of some of the worst religious persecution anywhere there are still today over 700,000 Catholics. Many of these belong to the Greek Catholic Church, a Church of the Byzantine rite that never separated from Rome. This time of suffering bore great fruits - one such is the vocation of Florentin Crihalmeanu, today the Greek Catholic Bishop of Cluj, Romania. The producers spent three weeks with the Greek Catholic Bishop and the resulting film is an in-depth portrait of a man of God seeking to rebuild his Church and serve his faithful in an extraordinary time in Romania's history.
Kościół Księżycowy w Oradei. Moon Church in Oradea. Biserica cu Luna
Cerkiew p.w. Wniebowzięcia NMP w Oradei zwana jest Kościołem Księżycowym z uwagi na unikalny mechanizm umieszczony w wieży zegarowej, pokazujący fazy Księżyca.
Orthodox church The Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Oradea is called the Moon Church because of the unique mechanism placed in the clock tower, showing the phases of the Moon.
Muzyka z Festiwalu Muzyki Cerkiewnej w Krynicy.
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The Romanian Greek Catholic Church or Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic is a sui iuris Eastern Catholic Church, in full union with the Roman Catholic Church.It has the rank of a Major Archiepiscopal Church and it uses the Byzantine liturgical rite in the Romanian language.Since 1994, Cardinal Lucian Mureșan, Archbishop of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia serves as head of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church.On December 16, 2005, as the Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic was elevated to the rank of a Major Archiepiscopal Church by Benedict XVI, Lucian Mureșan became its first Major Archbishop.
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The Romanian Greek Catholic Church or Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic (Romanian: Biserica Română Unită cu Roma, Greco-Catolică) is a sui iuris Eastern Catholic Church, in full union with the Roman Catholic Church. It has the rank of a Major Archiepiscopal Church and it uses the Byzantine liturgical rite in the Romanian language.
Since 1994, Cardinal Lucian Mureșan, Archbishop of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia, serves as head of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church. On December 16, 2005, as the Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic was elevated to the rank of a Major Archiepiscopal Church by Benedict XVI, Lucian Mureșan became its first major archbishop. Mureşan was eventually created a cardinal, at the Consistory of February 18, 2012.
Besides the Archeparchy of Fǎgǎraș and Alba Iulia, there are five more Greek-Catholic eparchies in Romania (Eparchy of Oradea Mare, Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla, Eparchy of Lugoj, Eparchy of Maramureș, and Eparchy of Saint Basil the Great of Bucharest), as well as one eparchy overseas, the Romanian Catholic Eparchy of St George's in Canton, answering directly to the Major Archbishop and the Holy See, in the United States of America and Canada.According to data published in the 2016 Annuario Pontificio, the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church had 504,280 members, 8 bishops, 1,225 parishes, some 835 diocesan priests and 235 seminarians of its own rite at the end of 2012. However, according to the 2011 Romanian government census, the number of its followers living in Romania was as low as 150,593, of which 124,563 are ethnic Romanians. The dispute over this figure is mentioned in the United States Department of State report on religious freedom in Romania.In addition, there are five other Catholic dioceses in Romania, belonging to the Latin Church, whose members are more numerous.
Romania: Zeal for a House - Trailer
This trailer presents the first 10 minutes of the CRTN - documentary Zeal for a House.
Production Date: 2007
Duration: 30
Copyright: CRTN
Language: English, Spanish, French, Czech, German
Executive Producer: Mark Riedemann
Director: Magdalena Wolnik
In 1948 Romanias Communist government liquidated the Greek-Catholic Church that was united with Rome, forcing it into a fictitious union with the Orthodox Church. Many members of the priesthood and the laity, who opposed this decision, were arrested, including all the bishops. Seven Greek-Catholic bishops were amongst those who died in captivity. Over two 2,200 churches were confiscated, and handed over to the Orthodox Church. After the 1989 revolution notwithstanding the authorities decision sanctioning their return only 160 churches were in fact given back to the Greek Catholics.
This painful fact is a wound between the Romanian Orthodox and Greek Catholic Churches one that is still open today. The 29-minute documentary reveals the difficulties between the two communities and the ongoing efforts for reconciliation.
Romania: Zeal for a House - Trailer
This trailer presents the first 10 minutes of the CRTN - documentary Zeal for a House.
Production Date: 2007
Duration: 30
Copyright: CRTN
Language: English, Spanish, French, Czech, German
Executive Producer: Mark Riedemann
Director: Magdalena Wolnik
In 1948 Romanias Communist government liquidated the Greek-Catholic Church that was united with Rome, forcing it into a fictitious union with the Orthodox Church. Many members of the priesthood and the laity, who opposed this decision, were arrested, including all the bishops. Seven Greek-Catholic bishops were amongst those who died in captivity. Over two 2,200 churches were confiscated, and handed over to the Orthodox Church. After the 1989 revolution notwithstanding the authorities decision sanctioning their return only 160 churches were in fact given back to the Greek Catholics.
This painful fact is a wound between the Romanian Orthodox and Greek Catholic Churches one that is still open today. The 29-minute documentary reveals the difficulties between the two communities and the ongoing efforts for reconciliation.
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Romania: Forty Years of Good Friday - Trailer
This trailer presents the first 10 minutes of the CRTN - documentary Forty Years of Good Friday.
Production Date: 2007
Duration: 50
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Language: English, German, French, Czech
Executive Producer: Mark Riedemann
Director: Magdalena Wolnik
Following Transylvanias incorporation into Romania in 1918, the Greek Catholic Church was the biggest and most vigorous religious community in the area. Before the Second World War the Church had five dioceses, numbered over one-and-a-half million faithful and 2580 places of worship.
Communist dictatorship was characterised by the stifling of religious practices. The main thrust of this policy did not strike at the mainstream Orthodox Church, because, although it did not avoid persecution, it reached a compromise and co-operated with the authorities. Although relations with the Vatican were cut, the Roman Catholic Church, composed mainly of a Hungarian minority, was also tolerated. The biggest enemy, however, proved to be the Greek Catholic Church. Towards the end of October 1948, all of Romanias Greek Catholic bishops were arrested. More than 500 priests were imprisoned along with many monks, nuns and simple believers. The Communist regime confiscated all churches, and goods. So, after 1948, officially, the Greek Catholic Church no longer existed. This is the story of the Passion and Resurrection of the Greek Catholic Church in Romania.
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The Black Eagle Palace the one-time hotel was built between 1907-1909 on the base of the old Eagle guesthouse. The ensemble equipped with a glass covered passage making the connection between three streets became the most important realization of the architect couple Marcell Komor and Dezso Jakab. The glass painting with the black eagle the ensemble's emblem was executed in 1909 in the Oradean Neumann workshop.
The cathedral of the orthodox episcopate of Oradea, the Church with Moon was built between 1784-1790, in baroque style with neoclassical influences after the plans of the architect Éder Jakab. The inside pictures were realized by the Teodorovici brothers and by Paul Murgu. It has a bell-tower of 55 m high.
The St. Ladisla's Square got its actual name of Union's Square between the two Word Wars. Here we may find the building of the City-hall, the Greek-Catholic Bishop Palace, the Moon Church, the Black Eagle Palace, the Greek-Catholic Church St. Ierarh Nicolae and the St. Ladisla's Church. In 1924 in the center of the square was placed the statue of king Ferdinand I the founder of Big Romania. Nowadays here is placed the statue of Mihai Viteazul, place where year to year the citizens and the authorities of the city fulfill there respect to the national heroes.
The fortress of Oradea how it is today - pentagonal, with battlements at its corners and water ditch - was built between 1570-1618 by Italian architects remained the best kept Italian renaissance fortress of central Europe. Between 1097-1557 served as residence of the Roman Catholic bishop of Oradea period when the fortress became an important religious and cultural center.In the fortress functioned a library, an astronomical observatory, a printing house and a school.In the catholic church and in its cemetery found their eternal peace not less then seven crowned person: Ladisla I (died on the 25th of July 1095 in Zvolen, taken to Oradea between 1130-1134), Andrei II (had been buried in 1235 in Oradea, later taken to the abbey of Agria), Alexander II, Ladisla IV the Cunsenian (killed in 1290 at Cheresig), queen Beatrix (wife of Carol Robert de Anjou, in 1319), queen Mary (wife of Sigismund de Luxembourg, in 1396) and king Sigismund de Luxembourg (in 1437).
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Biserica fortificată CÂRȚA Fortified Church (Harghita, Transylvania, Romania)
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The Fortified Roman Catholic Church ”The Assumption of the Virgin” is situated at the end of a rocky promontory who dominates the valley of Olt river in the Ciucul de Sus area and separates the villages of Cârţa and Ineu.
The church and the fortified wall were built at the beginning of the 15th century.
The Church of Cârta is probably the best fortified church in Szeklerland. The wall is 8 m high, 2 m wide and it is equipped with a superb covered guard road, unique between Szekler fortified churches. The wall has an oval shape and is fortified with embrasures and one tower (the bell tower). The village cemetery having some old funeral monuments is situated at the west of fortified enclosure, being accesible by a ”new” gate made in the wall at the end of the 18th century. The main entrance (in the east, under the tower) was reinforced in 1720 with a short wall with embrasures. In the next centuries more floors were added to the initial bastion, forming the actual bell-tower.
The original church was built in Gothic style at the beginning of the 15th century. In the 18th century the church was heavily modified constructively and stylistically. It remains with the original Gothic style only the space of the altar (the presbytery), the rest being modified in Baroque style. It was build a transept, the southern side (with the statue of St. Anton de Padova) being also a way of acces, and the northern side a smaller altar. The central personage of the main altar is the Holy Virgin Mary, who also gives the church name. The name of the church is Nagyboldogasszony, and the translation Assumption of the Virgin don't gives us the full meaning. The north side transept houses the old altar (before 1920) of the church and a medieval font, carved in stone. The main personage of this old altar is, of course, the Holy Virgin, accompanied by saints Stephen and Ladislau. The western choir is supported on pilasters and 10 wooden pillars decorated with popular motifs. The organ was made in the workshop of the great craftsman Angster József in 1893.
Biserica romano-catolică fortificată Adormirea Maicii Domnului este situată la capătul unui promontoriu stâncos care domină valea râului Olt în zona Ciucului de Sus și separă satele Cârța și Ineu. Biserica și zidul fortificat au fost construite la începutul secolului al XV-lea. Biserica din Carta este probabil cea mai puternic fortificată biserică din Ținutul Secuiesc. Zidul are o înălțime de 8 m, lățime de 2 m și este dotat cu un superb drum de pază acoperit, unic între bisericile fortificate secuiești. Zidul are o formă ovală și este fortificat cu ambrazuri și un turn (clopotniță). Cimitirul satului, care are câteva monumente funerare vechi, este situat la vest de incinta fortificată, fiind accesibil printr-o poartă noua străpunsă în zidul de piatră la sfârșitul secolului al XVIII-lea. Intrarea principală (în est, sub turn) a fost întărită în 1720 cu un zid scurt cu ambrazuri. În secolele următoare au fost adăugate mai multe etaje la bastionul inițial, formând actualul turn-clopotniță.
Biserica originală a fost construită în stil gotic la începutul secolului al XV-lea. În secolul al XVIII-lea biserica a fost puternic modificată constructiv și stilistic. A rămas în stilul gotic original doar spațiul altarului, restul fiind modificat in stil baroc. A fost construită un transept, partea sudică a acestuia (cu statuia Sf. Anton de Padova) fiind și cale de acces, iar partea de nord un altar mai mic.
Personalitatea centrală a altarului principal este Sfânta Fecioară Maria, care dă și numele bisericii. Numele bisericii este Nagyboldogasszony, iar traducerea Adormirea Maicii Domnului nu redă întreaga semnificație. În partea nordică a transeptului se află găsesc vechiul altar (înainte de 1920) al bisericii și o crsietlniță medievală sculptată în piatră. Principalul personaj al acestui vechi altar este, desigur, Sfânta Fecioară, însoțit de sfinții Ștefan și Ladislau. Corul vestic este susținut pe pilaștri și 10 stâlpi de lemn decorați cu motive populare. Orga a fost făcută în atelierul marelui meșteșugar Angster József în anul 1893.