{"id":1765,"date":"2026-11-04T11:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T10:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/szent-janos-templom-csikdelne\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T11:02:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T10:02:34","slug":"st-john-church-csikdelne","status":"publish","type":"cpt_services","link":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/en\/szent-janos-templom-csikdelne\/","title":{"rendered":"St John's Church \u2013 Cs\u00edkdelne"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Church of St John the Baptist in Cs\u00edkdelne stands in the fields about a kilometre from the village, encircled by a round stone wall. Once the shared church of three villages, it is today the mother church of the Delne\u2013P\u00e1lfalva parish.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Its priest is already mentioned in the papal tithe register of 1332\u20131333. According to research, the 13th-century stone church was enlarged in the 14th century, a tower and murals were added in the 15th century, and in the first half of the 16th century it received a new vaulted sanctuary. The 15th-century exterior murals above the south entrance \u2013 including a Crucifixion \u2013 were uncovered by G\u00e9za V\u00e1mszer in 1934.<\/p>\n

\"Interior<\/p>\n

Its greatest treasure is the painted coffered ceiling with floral motifs, which Lajos Kelemen counted among the oldest and finest of its kind in Transylvania. Its date is disputed \u2013 long placed in 1613, it is now more often dated to 1673. The joinery of the winged altar dates from the 1540s, its painted panels from around 1675; St John the Baptist stands at its centre.<\/p>\n

The church is surrounded by an enclosure wall reinforced with 12 buttresses and a Baroque gateway with a volute gable. Between 2001 and 2004 the ceiling, the altars and the south mural were restored with Hungarian state support.<\/p>\n

Visiting:<\/strong> the key is kept by the bell-ringer, who lives in the small house at the churchyard gate. In summer the Sunday Mass of Delne is held in this church at 11 am. Cs\u00edkdelne belongs to the commune of Cs\u00edkp\u00e1lfalva.<\/p>\n

More about painted ceilings: Painted heavens \u2013 Coffered ceilings in the churches of Szeklerland<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo: Szabi237 \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0<\/a> \u00b7 Photo: Ildik\u00f3 M\u00e1rton \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mez\u0151ben \u00e1ll\u00f3, k\u0151fallal \u00f6vezett k\u00f6z\u00e9pkori templom Cs\u00edkdeln\u00e9n: 15. sz\u00e1zadi falk\u00e9pek, vir\u00e1gmint\u00e1s festett kazett\u00e1s mennyezet \u00e9s 17. sz\u00e1zadi sz\u00e1rnyasolt\u00e1r.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":990007,"featured_media":1758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-1765","cpt_services","type-cpt_services","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cpt_services_group-hargita"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSzent J\u00e1nos-templom \u2013 Cs\u00edkdelne - Peregrinus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A cs\u00edkdelnei Szent J\u00e1nos-templom: k\u00f6z\u00e9pkori \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9st\u00f6rt\u00e9net, festett kazett\u00e1s mennyezet, sz\u00e1rnyasolt\u00e1r \u00e9s a l\u00e1togat\u00e1s tudnival\u00f3i.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/en\/st-john-church-csikdelne\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Szent J\u00e1nos-templom \u2013 Cs\u00edkdelne - Peregrinus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A cs\u00edkdelnei Szent J\u00e1nos-templom: k\u00f6z\u00e9pkori \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9st\u00f6rt\u00e9net, festett kazett\u00e1s mennyezet, sz\u00e1rnyasolt\u00e1r \u00e9s a l\u00e1togat\u00e1s tudnival\u00f3i.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/en\/st-john-church-csikdelne\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Peregrinus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-11-04T10:02:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/csikdelne-szent-janos-templom.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1050\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/szent-janos-templom-csikdelne\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/szent-janos-templom-csikdelne\\\/\",\"name\":\"Szent J\u00e1nos-templom \u2013 Cs\u00edkdelne - Peregrinus\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/szent-janos-templom-csikdelne\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/szent-janos-templom-csikdelne\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/csikdelne-szent-janos-templom.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-11-04T10:02:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-11-04T10:02:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"A cs\u00edkdelnei Szent J\u00e1nos-templom: k\u00f6z\u00e9pkori \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9st\u00f6rt\u00e9net, festett kazett\u00e1s mennyezet, sz\u00e1rnyasolt\u00e1r \u00e9s a l\u00e1togat\u00e1s tudnival\u00f3i.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/szent-janos-templom-csikdelne\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/szent-janos-templom-csikdelne\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/szent-janos-templom-csikdelne\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/csikdelne-szent-janos-templom.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/csikdelne-szent-janos-templom.jpg\",\"width\":1400,\"height\":1050,\"caption\":\"Fot\u00f3: Szabi237 \\\/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/szent-janos-templom-csikdelne\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Kezd\u0151lap\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kiemelt helysz\u00ednek\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/services\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Szent J\u00e1nos-templom \u2013 Cs\u00edkdelne\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/\",\"name\":\"Peregrinus\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Peregrinus\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/Peregrinus-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/Peregrinus-logo.svg\",\"caption\":\"Peregrinus\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/peregrinus.hu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"St John's Church \u2013 Cs\u00edkdelne - Peregrinus","description":"St John's Church in Cs\u00edkdelne: medieval building history, painted coffered ceiling, winged altar and visiting tips.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/en\/st-john-church-csikdelne\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Szent J\u00e1nos-templom \u2013 Cs\u00edkdelne - Peregrinus","og_description":"A cs\u00edkdelnei Szent J\u00e1nos-templom: k\u00f6z\u00e9pkori \u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9st\u00f6rt\u00e9net, festett kazett\u00e1s mennyezet, sz\u00e1rnyasolt\u00e1r \u00e9s a l\u00e1togat\u00e1s tudnival\u00f3i.","og_url":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/en\/st-john-church-csikdelne\/","og_site_name":"Peregrinus","article_modified_time":"2026-11-04T10:02:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1400,"height":1050,"url":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/csikdelne-szent-janos-templom.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/szent-janos-templom-csikdelne\/","url":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/szent-janos-templom-csikdelne\/","name":"St John's Church \u2013 Cs\u00edkdelne - Peregrinus","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/szent-janos-templom-csikdelne\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/szent-janos-templom-csikdelne\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/csikdelne-szent-janos-templom.jpg","datePublished":"2026-11-04T10:02:09+00:00","dateModified":"2026-11-04T10:02:34+00:00","description":"St John's Church in Cs\u00edkdelne: medieval building history, painted coffered ceiling, winged altar and visiting tips.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/szent-janos-templom-csikdelne\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/szent-janos-templom-csikdelne\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/szent-janos-templom-csikdelne\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/csikdelne-szent-janos-templom.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/csikdelne-szent-janos-templom.jpg","width":1400,"height":1050,"caption":"Fot\u00f3: Szabi237 \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/szent-janos-templom-csikdelne\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Kezd\u0151lap","item":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kiemelt helysz\u00ednek","item":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/services\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Szent J\u00e1nos-templom \u2013 Cs\u00edkdelne"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/#website","url":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/","name":"Peregrinus","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/#organization","name":"Peregrinus","url":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Peregrinus-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Peregrinus-logo.svg","caption":"Peregrinus"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_services\/1765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_services"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cpt_services"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/990007"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1765"}],"curies":[{"name":"Wordpress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}