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<p>The “Annunciation” Orthodox Church in Guşteriţa is the only church founded by Metropolitan Andrei Şaguna in the surroundings of Sibiu. But it was not the first Orthodox church built in this little community. Despite the unfortunate historical context, the beginnings of the Orthodox parish in Guşteriţa were not as modest as one would think. This paper reconstructs the historical context and follows the traces of the first Orthodox church in Guşteriţa, pointing out that at the end of the eighteenth century, the Romanian community had managed to build a worship place made of stone. While the structure has long since been demolished and knowledge of its exact location has been lost, the site of this important structure can now be approximated based on available topographical evidence.</p>
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The “Annunciation” Orthodox Church in Guşteriţa is the only church founded by Metropolitan Andrei Şaguna in the surroundings of Sibiu. But it was not the first Orthodox church built in this little community. Despite the unfortunate historical context, the beginnings of the Orthodox parish in Guşteriţa were not as modest as one would think. This paper reconstructs the historical context and follows the traces of the first Orthodox church in Guşteriţa, pointing out that at the end of the eighteenth century, the Romanian community had managed to build a worship place made of stone. While the structure has long since been demolished and knowledge of its exact location has been lost, the site of this important structure can now be approximated based on available topographical evidence.

The Orthodox Romanian Churches of Guşteriţa

Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu

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The “Annunciation” Orthodox Church in Guşteriţa is the only church founded by Metropolitan Andrei Şaguna in the surroundings of Sibiu. But it was not the first...

The Orthodox Romanian Churches of Guşteriţa

Published Online: Dec 21, 2023

Page range: 246 - 262

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2023-0017

Keywords
Ecclesiastic history, Romanian Orthodox Church, Guşteriţa, Hammersdorf, Sibiu, eighteenth-nineteenth centuries

© 2023 Dragoş Boicu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Orthodox Romanian Churches of Guşteriţa

Published Online: Dec 21, 2023

Page range: 246 - 262

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2023-0017

KeywordsEcclesiastic history, Romanian Orthodox Church, Guşteriţa, Hammersdorf, Sibiu, eighteenth-nineteenth centuries

© 2023 Dragoş Boicu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Ecclesiastic history, Romanian Orthodox Church, Guşteriţa, Hammersdorf, Sibiu, eighteenth-nineteenth centuries