Constantza
Churches, Houses of Worship, Urban Monasteries
Author: ARDELEANU KONSTANTIN
History of churches
Name of church |
Type of religious building |
Dogma |
Dates of establishment |
Address |
Photo / picture |
Schimbarea la Faţă / Metamorphosis |
Greek church |
Orthodox |
1863–1865 |
Mircea St. |
– |
Sfiinţii Apostoli Petru şi Pavel / Saint Apostles Peter and Paul |
Romanian church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1883–1895 |
Gr. Cantacuzino St. |
– |
Adormirea Maicii Domnului / The Assumption |
Romanian church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1906–1911 |
– |
– |
Sf. Nicolae / St. Nicholas |
Bulgarian church |
Bulgarian Orthodox |
1898–1907 |
D. Sturdza St. |
– |
Sf. Maria / St. Mary |
Armenian church |
Armenian Orthodox |
1880 |
Tomis St. |
– |
Biserica Catolică / The Catholic Church |
Catholic church |
Catholic |
1872 |
L. Catargiu St. |
– |
Sf. Gheorghe / St. George |
Romanian church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1914–1925 |
– |
– |
Lutheran Church |
Evangelic Lutheran |
Evangelic Lutheran |
1872–1885 |
– |
– |
References
Websites:
The site of the Greek community in Constanţa
http://www.elpis.ro/pdf/monumente-grecesti-constanta.pdf
The site of the Constanţa Direction for Culture and Patrimony
http://www.constanta.djc.ro/ObiectiveDetalii.aspx?ID=1069
Archival sources:
Serviciul Judeţean Constanţa al Arhivelor Naţionale [The National Archives, Constanţa Branch], Fond Comunitatea greacă [The Greek Community], files starting with 1863.
Serviciul Judeţean Constanţa al Arhivelor Naţionale [The National Archives, Constanţa County, Fond Comunitatea evanghelică luterană [The Lutheran Evangelic Community], files starting with 1883.
Bibliography:
Dobrogea între medieval și modern, 1406–1918 [Dobrudja between Medieval and Modern, 1406–1918], edited by Virgil Coman, Carmen Dobrotă, Claudia Turcitu (Constanța: Ex Ponto, 2008).
Ionescu, M. D., Cercetări asupra oraşului Constanţa. Geografie şi istorie [Researches on the City of Constanţa. Geography and History] (Bucharest: Tipografia şi Fonderia de litere Thoma Basilescu, 1897).
Măldărescu, Mihail, Din istoricul oraşului Constanţa [From the History of Constanţa City], first edition (Constanţa: Tipografia ziarului Dobrogea Jună, 1935).
Păuleanu, Doina, Axa Est–Vest. Constanţa – Istorie şi dinamică interculturală [The East – West Axis – History and Intercultural Dynamics], second edition (Constanţa: Fundaţia Pro Arte, 2000).
Păuleanu, Doina, Coman, Virgil, Catedrala Sf. Apostoli Petru şi Pavel Constanţa 1883–2008 [The St. Apostles Peter and Paul Cathedral of Constanţa 1883–2008] (Constanţa: Editura Arhiepiscopiei Tomisului, 2008).
Păuleanu, Doina, Constanţa. Spectacolul modernităţii târzii. 1878–1928 [Constanţa. The Show of the Late Modernisation] (Constanţa: Muzeului de Artă Constanţa, 2005).
Rădulescu, Adrian, Lascu, Stoica, Haşotti, Puiu, Ghid de oraş. Constanţa [City Guidebook. Constanţa] (Bucharest: Sport Turism, 1985).
Tavitian, Simion, Armenii dobrogeni în istoria și civilizația românilor [The Armeanins from Dobrudja in the History and Civilisation of the Romanians], second edition (Constanța: Ex Ponto, 2004).
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