Pentecostal church, Kőbánya, Former synagogue turned Pentecostal church in Kőbánya, Hungary.
The Pentecostal church in Kőbánya is an octagonal building with a 32-meter-high dome located on Cserkesz Street, combining Art Nouveau elements with Zsolnay pyrogranite decorations. The main hall serves for worship services while an adjacent two-story structure operates as a rehabilitation center for people seeking recovery.
The building was constructed between 1909 and 1912 following architect Richard Schöntheil's design as a synagogue serving the Jewish community until 1964. After that period it served various purposes until its conversion to a Pentecostal church in 1991.
The congregation that bought the building in 1989, the Gospel Pentecostal Church of Zion, later took the name Everyone's Temple Church, from which the Hungarian name Mindenki Temploma comes. The former synagogue now hosts that congregation's religious services and cultural events, while the adjoining building houses a rehabilitation institute.
The building stands at Cserkesz Street 7-9 in Kőbánya, District X, with the former community building adjoining its north side. It is an active Pentecostal church, so visits depend on the congregation's events; the interior can be seen during services and cultural programmes. The octagonal hall is entered from the main façade, whose pediment once held two stone tablets, since removed.
The main façade's pediment once held two stone tablets, a common feature of synagogue buildings; they have since been removed, so the front now shows only the empty place where they stood. The rose window still carries a Star of David, a trace of the building's original function.
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