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Religious tolerance in Sibiu

In September 2007 Sibiu hosted a special event: The Third Great European Ecumenical Gathering attended by over 2500 prelates of Europe’s episcopal churches and confessions.

Sibiu was not chosen to host this special event at random. Its tolerance and religious diversity are the result of centuries of tumultuous history with a strong impact on the spiritual life of its inhabitants.

At the beginning of the colonization process and all the way to the early 16^th century, the immigrants arrived in Sibiu imposed their various forms of catholic faith, be it Dominicans, Poor Clare nuns or Franciscans. Since 1526, after the fall of the Hungarian Kingdom, a certain religious tolerance emerges in Transylvania but does not include the orthodox Romanians. The official state religions were Catholicism, Evangelism, Protestantism and Unitarianism while Orthodoxy was still just tolerated. In late 18^th century when Transylvania becomes a Principality of the Imperial Crown, Catholicism becomes the state religion. In 1726 the Jesuit monks arrive in Sibiu and they get the approval to build a cathedral right in the centre of the burgh.

Since 1784 the Orthodox Diocese is awarded autonomy - a moment of joy for the Romanians who now build their first stone churches in the town of Sibiu; please note that these churches were built far from the centre, in the disadvantaged districts of the town.

In 1918, after the Great Reunion of Transylvania with Romania, the religious confessions from Sibiu are awarded equal rights and freedoms. However, these joyful times did not last long. In the late ‘40s, the newly installed communists limited the rights of the believers, the priests were persecuted and the Greek-catholic religion was banished.

Nowadays, regardless of your confession - Orthodox, Greek-catholic, Roman catholic, Evangelical, Protestant, Armenian or Jewish - at Sibiu you will find a place of worship with an interesting history.

The Evangelical Church from Turnişor

Turnişor, Sibiu str. E.A.Bielz, nr. 62

Phone no.: +4 0269 228 865

Mobile phone no.: +4 0727 792 803

Evangelical Church

In the Turnişor district from Sibiu there is a church, a former Romanesque basilica, which (...)

The Franciscan Church, Sibiu

Sibiu str. Şelarilor, nr. 14

Catholic Church

In the 15th century a few nuns of the Poor Clare order arrived in the burgh of Sibiu where (...)

The Protestant (Calvin) Church, Sibiu

Sibiu str. Mitropoliei, nr. 9

Phone no.: +4 0269 232 605

Mobile phone no.: +4 0740 150 880

Reformed Church

In the 16th century the Protestant movement also reached Transylvania and its Hungarian Catholics. The (...)

The Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Sibiu

Sibiu Piaţa Mare, nr. 3

Phone no.: +40 269 211 508

Catholic Church

In the late 17th century the Austrian troops arrived to Sibiu also brought with them some worthy (...)

The Church of the Ursulines, Sibiu

Sibiu str. G-ral Magheru, nr. 38

Phone no.: +40 269 430 754

Catholic Church

In 1475 the church was built as a monastery for the Dominican monks but a century later, when (...)

The Armenian Church, Dumbrăveni

Dumbrăveni Dumbrăveni

Mobile phone no.: +40 745 257 524

Architectural Monument

The first document mentioning Dumbrăveni dates from 1332. In 1553 the prince Grigore Apaffy (...)

The Evangelical Cathedral

Sibiu Piaţa Huet

Phone no.: +4 0269 211 203

Mobile phone no.: +4 0744 456 860

Evangelical Church

In the 13th century there was a Romanesque basilica in this location but as the community grew (...)

The Synagogue, Sibiu

Sibiu str. Constituţiei, nr. 19

Phone no.: +4 0269 216 904

Mobile phone no.: +40 757 038 349

Sinagogue

Jews from Central Europe arrived in Transylvania as early as the 16th century. They settled (...)

Mediaş Synagogue

Mediaş str. Mihail Kogălniceanu nr. 43-45

Phone no.: +40 787 878 939

Other churches

The Synagogue and Archives of the Jewish Community of Medias The synagogue complex from Medias (...)