GPS: 47.06012 N, 21.93794 E
Oradea, Church of the Order of Mercy, Miseri church or Guardian Angel church
These three names refer to a small XVIIIth century church, the building of which started around 1754.Craftsmen working on the Cathedral also took part in it. The painting on the elliptic dome, which is rather rare in Transylvania, was made by I. A. Rupp in 1869. The wood-carvings are also magnificent. The group of statues over the main altar represents the Holy Trinity. On the pulpit one can see the symbols representing the four evangelists.
A winged lad represents Saint Matthew, an ox head stands for Saint Lukas, a lion head for Saint Mark and an eagle with spread wings represents Saint John. There are also many large wood statues, which used to be on the basilica's main altar. They got here after the marble altar was erected in the basilica.
The name of the artist who made these remarkably well carved wood statues is unknown. In the vault they buried noblemen, but the founder of the church, György Gyöngyösi, is also buried here. It was him who built the order's house, the hospital and the apothecary, which still function today.
The church is closed from November till April.
Mass is held on the first Saturday of the other months.
On October the 2nd, Guardian Angel saint's-day is held.
Toamna Orădeană
19.09.-12.10.2008
Accommodation possibilities in this area:
Inn Góbé
Pension Lan
Hotel Corola
Hotel Elite
Casa BIM
Hotel Nevis
Hotel Class
Hotel Maxim
Hotel Carnival
Robinson Country
Hotel Eden
Hotel Terra
PIHE hostel
Hotel Melody
The comparative table of the pensions here
Other sights in Oradea
Ady Memorial museum <> Apolo Palace <> Astoria Hotel <> Bazar <> Black Eagle Palace <> Canon's Row <> Church of the Order of Mercy <> Church of the Premonstatense Order <> Church with Moon <> City Hall <> Deutsch house <> Evangelical Church <> Füchsl house <> Fortress of Oradea <> Greek Catholic Bishop Palace <> Holy Trinity Orthodox Church <> Medical Faculty <> Monastery of The Capucin Order <> Moskovits Palace <> Olosig Roman-Catholic church <> Orthodox Bishop Palace <> Orthodox Synagogues <> Palace of Public Finances <> Poinar Palace <> Reformed Church <> Rimanóczy Palace <> Roman-Catholic Basilica<> Roman-Catholic Bishop Palace <> Stern Palace <> St. Ierarh Nicolae Orthodox Church <> St. Ladisla's church <> St. Mihail and Gavril Orthodox Church <> Ursulina's Complex <> Theatre <> Tribunal <> Ulmann Palace <> Vila Okányi-Schwarz <> Zion Neological Synagogue