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Dominating the east side of Union Square (Pia\u021ba Unirii) in Timi\u0219oara, St George's Cathedral is the most important Baroque church building in the city. It served first as the cathedral of the Diocese of Csan\u00e1d, founded by King Saint Stephen, and since 1930 it has been the mother church of the Diocese of Timi\u0219oara.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the expulsion of the Ottomans, Timi\u0219oara became the permanent seat of the Diocese of Csan\u00e1d in 1738; until then the medieval Church of St George had served as the cathedral. Bishop Adalbert von Falkenstein laid the foundation stone of the new cathedral on 6 August 1736, but the Ottoman war of 1737\u20131739 halted construction for years. The design is attributed to the Viennese court architect Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach, although his authorship has not been proven beyond doubt.<\/p>\n

Bishop Anton Engl von Wagrain celebrated the first Mass in the still unfinished church on 8 September 1754. The towers were completed by 1761 and most of the furnishings around 1770, and construction ended in 1773. During the Ottoman war of 1788\u20131790 the building served as an arsenal, and it was solemnly consecrated by Bishop L\u00e1szl\u00f3 K\u0151szeghy on 24 April 1803. During the siege of Timi\u0219oara in 1849 many people took refuge in its crypt.<\/p>\n

\"Interior<\/p>\n

The church, built on a double-cross plan, is 55 metres long and 22 metres wide, and its towers are 35.5 metres high. The high altarpiece of St George slaying the dragon was painted in 1754 by the Viennese master Michelangelo Unterberger, while the statues are the work of the Viennese sculptor Joseph Resler. In 1856 Bishop S\u00e1ndor Csaj\u00e1ghy commissioned two neo-Gothic side altars, one dedicated to the Virgin Mary, patroness of Timi\u0219oara, and the other to St Gerard (Gell\u00e9rt), the first bishop of the diocese, whose relic is kept in a crystal reliquary.<\/p>\n

The 46-stop organ was donated by Bishop S\u00e1ndor Dessewffy: it was built in 1906 by the Wegenstein factory in Timi\u0219oara, modelled on the organ of the Basilica of Saint-Denis in Paris. The most comprehensive restoration in the cathedral's history began in 2019 and was completed in spring 2023; the renewed church was reconsecrated on 22 April 2023 by Bishop J\u00f3zsef Csaba P\u00e1l, at a Mass presided over by the Apostolic Nuncio, Miguel Maury Buend\u00eda.<\/p>\n

Pilgrimage feast:<\/strong> the patron of the cathedral is St George the Martyr, whose feast falls on 23 April. The diocese traditionally celebrates the anniversary of the consecration on the Saturday after Divine Mercy Sunday (the Second Sunday of Easter), when pilgrim groups come from all three deaneries of the diocese.<\/p>\n

Visiting:<\/strong> the cathedral stands in the centre of Timi\u0219oara, on the east side of the Baroque Union Square (Pia\u021ba Unirii 12), with the Holy Trinity Column in the middle of the square. The churches of the city centre are easy to explore on foot; for Mass times, check the website of the Diocese of Timi\u0219oara.<\/p>\n

Sources: Wikipedia<\/a> \u00b7 Hungarian Catholic Lexicon<\/a> \u00b7 Magyar Kur\u00edr \u2013 the reconsecration<\/a> \u00b7 Magyar Kur\u00edr \u2013 consecration anniversary<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo: Timisoara_-_The_Dome_1754.JPG: Voytek S derivative work: Rabanus Flavus \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5<\/a> \u00b7 Photo: Chainwit. \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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