{"id":2043,"date":"2026-11-09T11:37:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T10:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/jezus-szent-szive-templom-gyergyoditro\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T11:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T10:37:35","slug":"church-of-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus-ditrau","status":"publish","type":"cpt_services","link":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/en\/jezus-szent-szive-templom-gyergyoditro\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus \u2013 Ditr\u0103u (Gyergy\u00f3ditr\u00f3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The twin-towered neo-Gothic church of Ditr\u0103u (Gyergy\u00f3ditr\u00f3) is the largest church in the Gheorgheni (Gyergy\u00f3) Basin, and its spires dominate the village from afar. The Catholic community built it at the beginning of the 20th century and dedicated it to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.<\/strong><\/p>\n

By the end of the 19th century the village's old church of St Catherine of Alexandria had become too small for a Catholic community of nearly six thousand souls, so in 1891 the parish council decided to build a new church. To cover the costs, the local commons association (k\u00f6zbirtokoss\u00e1g) placed some 950 hold (roughly 550 hectares) of forest at the parish's disposal. The plans were drawn up by university professor Istv\u00e1n Kiss, and the construction was carried out by Istv\u00e1n Kladek, a contractor from Subotica (Szabadka).<\/p>\n

Work began in 1908 under the direction of the parish priest J\u00e1nos Tak\u00f3. The church was consecrated on 13 July 1913 by Count Guszt\u00e1v K\u00e1roly Majl\u00e1th, Bishop of Transylvania; the monumental undertaking cost some 800,000 gold crowns. A statue of the priest who built it, the work of Tibor Kolozsi, now stands on the square in front of the church.<\/p>\n

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The nave of this neo-Gothic and eclectic church is 56 metres long and 23 metres wide, and its two towers rise to more than 70 metres. The vault rests on massive pillars, and the stained-glass windows depict the twelve apostles. The Carrara marble statues of the high altar \u2013 the Sacred Heart of Jesus, St Stephen and St Ladislaus \u2013 are the work of the locally born sculptor L\u0151rinc Sikl\u00f3dy, while the pulpit, the wooden structure of the high altar and the pews were made by the Budapest cabinetmaker Endre Th\u00e9k.<\/p>\n

In preparation for the centenary, the church was restored inside and out between 2007 and 2013, when the 26-stop organ built in 1913 was also renovated. To replace the great bell taken away during the First World War, a new 2,200-kilogram Sacred Heart bell, cast in Imre L\u00e1z\u00e1r's workshop in Odorheiu Secuiesc (Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely), was hung in the south tower in 2016 \u2013 it is the largest bell in Sz\u00e9kely Land.<\/p>\n

Visiting:<\/strong> the church stands in the centre of Ditr\u0103u, on the DN12 main road linking Gheorgheni (Gyergy\u00f3szentmikl\u00f3s) and Topli\u021ba (Marosh\u00e9v\u00edz); a few hundred metres away is the village's old church of St Catherine, surrounded by a fortress-like wall. For Mass times, enquire at the Ditr\u0103u parish.<\/p>\n

Sources: Wikipedia<\/a> \u00b7 Archdiocese of Alba Iulia \u2013 Ditr\u00f3 parish<\/a> \u00b7 Wikipedia (English) \u2013 Ditr\u0103u<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo: \u021aetcu Mircea Rare\u0219 \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a> \u00b7 Photo: \u021aetcu Mircea Rare\u0219 \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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