St. Stephen Parish church, Margit körút, Catholic parish church in Országút, Budapest, Hungary

St. Stephen Parish Church on Margit körút is a Catholic church building featuring prominent Baroque architectural elements with a distinctive bell tower and ornate facade. The interior is characterized by soaring ceilings, elaborate religious frescoes, and decorative altar spaces throughout the nave.

A medieval Augustinian church stood here before the Turkish wars destroyed it; the Augustinians returned in 1707 and built a chapel, adding a monastery in 1727–1737. The chapel proved too small, so the present church rose between 1753 and 1770 to plans by Máté Nöpauer. In 1785 Joseph II dissolved the wealthier orders and gave the building to the Franciscans, who erected a new monastery in 1835–1841.

The church is the seat of the Országúti Ferences Plébánia, and its búcsú, the parish feast, is held on 26 December, the feast of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr. The Franciscans received the building in 1785 after Joseph II dissolved the wealthier orders. Eight stained-glass windows designed around 1970 by Kontulyné Fuchs Hajnalka narrate scenes from the life of Saint Francis.

The church stands directly beside the pavement of Margit körút, squeezed between the monastery and residential buildings after the road was widened in 1900. The main entrance lies under the two symmetrical bell towers of the facade. The feast of the patron, St Stephen the Protomartyr, is kept on 26 December.

The church keeps a set of memorial plaques beside the main entrance for people buried in its crypt, among them the provincial Jaics Marian, the Buda citizen Anton Zechmeister, the Franciscan geographer Peter Kataneie and the friar superior Eevapovie Cergur. The stained-glass windows of about 1970, designed by Kontulyné Fuchs Hajnalka, show eight scenes from the life of Saint Francis.