The Dormition of the Theotokos Church (Romanian: Biserica Adormirea Maicii Domnului) is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 3 Dragoș Vodă Street, Sighetu Marmației, Romania. It is dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos.
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Construction of the church began in 1890 and was completed in 1892; it was dedicated to the Dormition of the Most Pure Virgin Mary the same year.[1] The church was built by the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church,[2] remaining in its possession until 1948, when the new communist regime outlawed the denomination.[3] Tit Bud was parish priest from 1897 until his death in 1917.[1]
The style is Gothic Revival, accurately reproducing the characteristic pointed arches, buttresses, withdrawn portal and wooden tracery. It is a hall church, with a detached polygonal altar. The ceiling is vaulted, supported by columns with capitals. The spire begins as a square, becoming octagonal halfway up. There is a mosaic icon of the Dormition above the entrance. The lower interior was painted in fresco in 1930–1931; the upper part in oil in 1933. The church was restored in 2003–2008.[1]
The church is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, as is the contemporaneous parish house.[4]
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- ^ a b c (in Romanian) Description at the Sighet archpriest’s district site
- ^ Șematismul veneratului cler al Eparhiei Greco-Catolice Române a Maramureșului pe anul 1936, p. 113. Baia Mare: Tipografia Dacia, 1936
- ^ (in Romanian) “Cum au interzis comuniștii Biserica Greco-Catolică”, Digi24, October 22, 2014
- ^ (in Romanian) Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: Județul Maramureș Archived 2018-12-15 at the Wayback Machine