Galatz
Churches, Houses of Worship, Urban Monasteries
Author: ARDELEANU KONSTANTIN
History of churches
A map of the historical churches of Galaţi is available at the address below:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=znS5xG06oJyQ.kFdH6tjXWJzM
List:
|
Name of church |
Type of religious building |
Dogma |
Dates of establishment |
Address[1] |
Photo / picture |
|
St Demetrius / Sf. Dumitru |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1640–1641 |
– |
– |
|
Assumption Precista / Adormirea Macii Domnului Precista |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1643–1647 |
Ghica Vodă |
– |
|
St. George / Sf. Gheorghe |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1664 |
Sf. Gheorghe |
– |
|
Mavromol. Adormirea Maicii Domnului |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1669 1702 |
Berthelot |
– |
|
St. Nicholas / Sf. Nicolae |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1773 |
Sf. Nicolae |
– |
|
The Entry into the Temple / Intrarea în biserică. Vovidenia |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1790 |
Cuza Vodă |
– |
|
St. Archangels Metoc / Sf. Arhangheli Metoc |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1801 |
Egalităţii |
– |
|
St Friday / Sf. Vineri (Sf. Paraschieva) |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1809 |
Sf. Vineri |
– |
|
St. Spyridon / Sf. Spiridon |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1815–1817 |
Sf. Spiridon |
– |
|
St Three Hierarchs / Sf. Trei Ierarhi |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1823 |
Sf. Trei Ierarhi |
– |
|
St Elijah / Sf. Ilie |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1824 |
Brăilei, Sf. Ilie, Romulus |
– |
|
St John / Sf. Ioan |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1831 |
Brăilei |
– |
|
The Nativity of Mary / Naşterea Maicii Domnului (Sf. Maria Mică) |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1840 |
Sf. Maria |
– |
|
St. John Baptist / Sf. Ioan Botezătorul |
- |
catholic |
1842 |
Domnească |
– |
|
St. Apostles / Sf. Apostoli |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1848 |
Sf. Apostoli |
– |
|
St. Charalambos / Sf. Haralambie |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1848 |
Movilei |
– |
|
The Assumption of Virgin Mary / Adormirea Maicii Domnului |
church |
Armenian |
1855–1858 |
Armeană |
– |
|
Annunciation / Bunavestirea |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1857–1858 |
Bunavestire |
– |
|
St. Emperors / Sf. Împăraţi |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1857–1863 |
Sf. Împăraţi |
– |
|
St Pantelimon / Sf. Pantelimon |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1860–1887 |
– |
– |
|
St. Nicholas / Sf. Nicolae |
church |
Lipovan |
1861–1863 |
– |
– |
|
Protestant |
church |
Protestant |
1862 |
Berhelot |
– |
|
St. Archangels Mantu / Sf. Arhangheli Mantu |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1864 |
Ghica Vodă |
– |
|
Metamorphosis / Schimbarea la faţă |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1866–1872 |
Domnească / Maior Fotea |
– |
|
The Spring of Virgin Mary / Izvorul Maicii Domnului |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1866–1873 |
Close to Railway Station no. 8 |
– |
|
Calvinist |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1868 |
Codreanu |
– |
|
Sf. Sofia |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1872–1880 |
Brăilei |
– |
|
St. Demetrius / Sf. Dumitru |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1894 |
Pescari |
– |
|
St. Nicholas Episcopal Cathedral / Catedrala Episcopală Sf. NIcolae |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1906–1917 |
Domnească |
– |
|
St. George and the Patriarch Modest / Sf. Gheorghe şi Patriarhul Modest |
church |
Romanian Orthodox |
1911–1934 |
Traian |
– |
[1] Addresses according to the interwar names of the streets, cf. N. C. Nanu, Călăuza oraşului Galaţi (Galaţi: s.e., 1925), 4.
References
Websites:
The official site of the Archbishopric of the Lower Danube
The official site of the Catholic Church
Archival sources:
Serviciul Judeţean Galaţi al Arhivelor Naţionale (The National Archives, Galaţi Branch), Primăria oraşului Galaţi (The Municipality of Galaţi), files starting with 1831.
Serviciul Judeţean Galaţi al Arhivelor Naţionale (The National Archives, Galaţi Branch), Parohia Bisericii “Sf. Gheorghe şi Modest” Galaţi (The Parish of the St. George and Modest Church), files starting with 1901.
Serviciul Judeţean Galaţi al Arhivelor Naţionale (The National Archives, Galaţi Branch), Episcopia Dunării de Jos (The Lower Danube Bishopric), files starting with 1810.
Serviciul Judeţean Galaţi al Arhivelor Naţionale (The National Archives, Galaţi Branch), Protoieria Galaţi (Galaţi Protoiery), files starting with 1836.
The Archive of the Lower Danube Archibishopric.
Bibliography:
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Constantinescu, Anghel, Monografia Sfintei Episcopii a Dunării de Jos [The Monograph of the Holy Bishopric of the Lower Danube] (Bucharest: Atelierele Socec, 1906).
Copceac, Petru, Drăgoi, Eugen, Biserica Mavromol din Galaţi [The Mavromol Church of Galaţi] (Galaţi: Editura Arhiepiscopiei Tomisului şi Dunării de Jos, 1987).
Drăgoi, Eugen, “Aspecte ale vieţii bisericeşti din Episcopia Dunării de Jos, în anii 1864–1886” [Aspects of Church Life from the Bishopric of the Lower Danube, between 1864 and 1886], in vol. Monumente istorice şi izvoare creştine [Historical Monuments and Christian Sources] (Galaţi: Editura Arhiepiscopiei Dunării de Jos, 1987), 257–303.
Drăgoi, Eugen, “Catedrala episcopală din Galaţi, un veac de existenţă, 1906–2006” [The Episcopal Cathedral of Galaţi, A Century of Existence, 1906–2006], Biserică, misiune, slujire [Church, Mission, Ministration] (Galaţi: Editura Episcopia Dunării de Jos, 2006), 71–174.
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Păltănea, Paul, “Informaţii inedite despre Biserica Mavromol din Galaţi” [Unpublished Documents on Mavromol Church of Galaţi], Buletinul Monumentelor istorice, 39 (1970), 61–64.
Păltănea, Paul, “Vechi locaşuri de cult şi viaţa bisericească în sudul Moldovei până la 1864” [Old Houses of Cult and Church Life in Southern Moldavia until 1864], Monumente istorice şi izvoare creştine [Historical Monuments and Christian Sources] (Galaţi: Editura Arhiepiscopiei Tomisului şi Dunării de Jos, 1987), 189–255.
Păltănea, Paul, Istoria oraşului Galaţi de la origini până la 1918 [The History of Galaţi from Its Beginnings to 1918], second edition, edited by Eugen Drăgoi (Galaţi: Editura Partener, 2008).
Popescu, Gh., Dare de seamă despre afacerile bisericeşti [Account on Church Affairs] (Bucharest: Tipografia Gutenberg, 1906).
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