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Saint George's Church, Brașov

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Orthodox people planned to build a new church in the district, but the Communists that came to power did not allow the building of new churches, so they continued to use the Saint George's church. In the years 1985–1986 they renovated the building, removed several internal walls to make an
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The empty villa was nationalised. At the beginning it was used as a girls' orphanage, then it became the headquarter of
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arch-vaulted nave, and built a belfry as well. The painting of the interior was finished in 1990.
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churches up to then. The building has been declared a church in 1934 and it was dedicated for
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in the Blumăna (Bolonya) neighbourhood of the city. At that time,
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church in 1934. It acquired its present look in the 1980s.
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The building was built in 1903 as a villa for a Hungarian
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in 1989, new Orthodox churches were built in Blumăna.
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45°38′52″N 25°36′10″E / 45.64784°N 25.60291°E / 45.64784; 25.60291
Brașov
Brașov County
Romania
Denomination
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Neo-renaissance
Romanian
Hungarian
Brașov
Orthodox
count
Brașov
Austria-Hungary
World War I
Gazeta de Transilvania
Hungarians
Transylvanian Saxons
Romanian Orthodox
Saint George
fall of the communist regime
"Biserica din casă, sărbătorită de brașoveni"
"Biserica Sf. Gheorghe"
"Biserica Sfântul Gheorghe din Brașov"

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