The church of ‘Saint Nicholas’


- Architecture – Clasic Baroque Style
- Built – 1800-1810
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The interior decoration is rich and masterly. The painting follows to a great extent the typical rigours imposed by Byzantine Greek-Orthodox religious art, especially around the iconostasis. Among others, the imperceivable differences in appearance and rite lead to the usage of this place of worship as a high-rank Orthodox Church after the communist regime outlawed the Greek-Catholic rite. The restoration of democracy changed this status quo, and the church became what it had been initially, i.e. a Greek-Catholic cathedral.
It is remarkable that the same church inventory houses several adornments and liturgical objects received as a gift by Greek-Catholic clergymen from emperors of the Habsburg Empire, Maria Theresa and Joseph II. Among these are the two gold-plated monumental tripods that outflank the altar.