Saint George's Church, Brașov
Orthodox church in Brașov
Saint George's church (Romanian: Biserica Sfântul Gheorghe, Hungarian: Szent György-templom) is a church located at 15 Noiembrie 29 Boulevard in Brașov, Romania. Originally it was as a residential building, and it was dedicated as an Orthodox church in 1934. It acquired its present look in the 1980s.
History
The building was built in 1903 as a villa for a Hungarian count in the Blumăna (Bolonya) neighbourhood of the city. At that time, Brașov was part of Austria-Hungary. The count was fond of hunting, and this can be seen on the building: the sculptures, ornaments, and painted windows depict hunters, hunting dogs, deer, bears. In 1918, at the end of World War I, the count and his family left the city.
The empty villa was nationalised. At the beginning it was used as a girls' orphanage, then it became the headquarter of Gazeta de Transilvania’s editorial staff. Rooms on the upper floors were used as a chapel by Orthodox believers.
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