Greek Orthodox Church and Museum, Orthodox church and museum in Downtown Miskolc, Hungary.
The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church stands at Deák Ferenc tér 7, built 1785–1806 in Zopf style and oriented east. Inside, a 16-metre baroque iconostasis carved in Miklós Jankovits's Eger workshop holds 87 scenes of Jesus's life, most painted by Anton Kuchelmeister of Vienna. The former Greek school of 1805 in the churchyard houses the Hungarian Orthodox Church Museum.
Construction began in 1785 and finished in 1806, after a grand domed design by Johannes Michart was rejected by the mainly Protestant city leadership. The church was built to Johann Michael Schajdlet's plans, with stonework by the Eger mason Adami János. It replaced the early 18th-century St. Naum Chapel on today's Széchenyi Street.
The church is named for the Holy Trinity, and the community holds a procession here each Pentecost, the feast of the Trinity and the church's titular feast. The museum in the former Greek school (1805) opened in 1988 and holds Hungary's richest Orthodox church collection: goldsmith work, liturgical vestments such as sticharia, epimanikia and oraria, and Russian and Serbian icons.
The church stands at Deák Ferenc tér 7 in the downtown, and the museum opens from the church garden in the former Greek school building of 1805. The Miskolc Pass tourism card is accepted here and gives free admission to the museum. The churchyard holds marble tombstones up to 300 years old, so allow time to walk the garden as well as the three museum rooms.
The church's miraculous icon is a copy of the Akhtyrka Icon of the Mother of God, donated by Empress Catherine II of Russia during her visit to Miskolc. The iconostasis, carved in Miklós Jankovits's Eger workshop, is 16 m tall and shows 87 scenes from the life of Jesus; four icons are not by Anton Kuchelmeister of Vienna.
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