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Photo: Ovidiu
Vaduvescu with Permission
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- An important Church in the Reformation of
Transylvania. The church was originally
Roman Catholic but became truely Catholic
(Evangelical/Lutheran) under the great
reformer Johannes Honterus during the
Reformation.
- "The inhabitants of Brasov or
"Kronstad" at that time, in
almost 100 years from 1383 until 1477,
built the Black Church, the largest
gothic construction in Romania and one of
the largest in the South-Eastern Europe.
Dedicated to Virgin Marry the church was
of catholic faith for more than a century
and a half and later with the reformation
sweeping across the Europe it became a
Lutheran one. The church acquired its
name after the great fire of 1689 when it
was badly damaged; the roof was destroyed
and the walls blackened from the smoke.
The reconstruction after the great fire
took another 100 years, most of the
objects inside the church dating from the
reconstruction time except the baptismal
font which was cast in bronze by a local
craftsman in 1450. The walls of the
church are covered by ottoman prayer rugs
dating from 16th-18th centuries. The
local merchants gave those rugs as gifts
to the church, as gratitude towards God.
The impressive church organ manufactured
in Germany in 1829 has 4000 pipes and is
considered the second biggest in the
country. Outside the church is the statue
of Johannes Honterus the priest who
introduced in 16th century the
reformation among the Saxons in
Transilvania." http://www.atlantic.ro/atlantic/Atlantic_site/what_to_see/brasov.htm
- The
Black Church
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For Further Reading:
Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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