St. Sylvester Church - Bucharest, RO
Posted by: haggaeus
N 44° 26.577 E 026° 06.910
35T E 429589 N 4921452
19-20th century church rebuilt in Neo-Byzantine style.
Waymark Code: WMETEX
Location: Romania
Date Posted: 07/05/2012
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The church was built in 1839 on site of an earlier 18th century church, destroyed by the earthquake of 1838. In 1904-1907 it was enlarged and rebuilt by design of architect Dimitrie Maimarolu.
In November 2002, relics of St. Sylvester were transferred to this church from Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome.
The Romanian
wikipedia page has more information on the history than the official church site.
Type of Orthodox Church: Eastern
Type of Building: Church
Status of Building: Actively in use for worship
Date of organization: 09/30/1907
Date of building construction: 01/01/1904
Associated Icons, Reliefs, art, etc.: St. Sylvester relics
Archdiocese: Archdiocese of Bucharest
Address: Strada Silvestru 36 Sector 2 Bucharest, Romania
Relevant Website: [Web Link]
Diocese: Not listed
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