Romanian Greek-Catholic Church in Oradea

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Oradea, Romania, . July 24, 2012, Divine Liturgy celebrated in the memory of my mother, Mărieș Margareta Ema (Born May 24, 1921, Carei, Romania - Died July 23, 2012., Oradea, Romania). Romanian Greek-Catholic Church, juridical Status: Major Archiepiscopate, Population: 707,452, {Romanian Church United with Rome, Major Archiepiscopate: Blaj, [776,529] Romania, United States (1697), "BRU.ro". BRU.ro. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2011-04-27.} Catedrala Sf. Nicolae din Oradea, situată în str. Iuliu Maniu din municipiul Oradea, este catedrala Episcopiei Greco-Catolice de Oradea. Construcția bisericii începe în anul 1800, când episcopul greco-catolic Ignațiu Darabant demolează mica biserică greco-catolică, și începe construcția unei catedrale. Clădirea are planul în formă de cruce, tavan boltit și o cupolă centrală pictată cu scene biblice. Acoperișul baroc al turnului a fost terminat în 1803, și a ars de două ori în 1836 și în 1907. Actuala formă a turnului a fost concepută de Giovanni Quai și a fost executată între anii 1910-1912. Altarului este așezat spre răsărit. În anul 1948, odată cu interzicerea BRU, lăcașul și-a pierdut statutul de catedrală episcopală și a fost dat în folosința BOR ca biserică parohială. Lăcașul de cult a fost restituit Episcopiei de Oradea Mare în anul 2005, după îndelungate procese, tratative și tergiversări. Prima liturghie greco-catolică a avut loc, după 57 de ani de întrerupere, la 20 noiembrie 2005, cu participarea a peste 100 de episcopi, preoți și diaconi. Slujba religioasa din data de 23 iulie 2012 a fost tinuta de Pr. Ioja Balint (data naşterii: 18 Noiembrie 1935, data hirotonirii: 15 August 1990). The Eastern Catholic Churches (historically known by the now non-complimentary term Uniate Churches, which is still in use in some areas, and also by the inaccurate term eastern-rite Churches) are autonomous, self-governing (in Latin, sui iuris) particular churches in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, the Pope. Together with the Latin Church, they compose the worldwide Catholic Church. They preserve many centuries-old eastern liturgical, devotional, and theological traditions, shared in most cases with the various other Eastern Christian churches with which they were once associated. A few have never been out of communion with the Pope, a claim made, for instance, by the Maronites. Although the churches with which most were formerly associated may be of traditions out of communion with each other (Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, Church of the East), Eastern Catholic churches of whatever tradition are all in communion with one another and with the Latin or Western church. However, they vary in theological emphasis, forms of liturgical worship and popular piety, canonical discipline and terminology. They all recognize the central role of the Bishop of Rome within the College of Bishops and his infallibility when speaking ex cathedra. A number of theological concerns or, in the case of the Eastern Orthodox churches, differences primarily in understanding the role of the Bishop of Rome separate them even from their counterparts of similar tradition but out of communion with Rome, which in general do not admit them to the Eucharist or the other sacraments. Historically, Eastern Catholic Churches were located in Eastern Europe, the Asian Middle East, Northern Africa, and India. Due to migration they are now also in Western Europe, the Americas and Oceania, where eparchies have been established alongside the Latin dioceses. Eritrea has only an Eastern Catholic hierarchy, with no Latin structure. The terms Byzantine Catholic and Greek Catholic are used of those who belong to Churches that use the Byzantine Rite. The terms Oriental Catholic and Eastern Catholic include these, but are broader, since they also cover Catholics who follow the Alexandrian, Antiochian, Armenian and Chaldean liturgical traditions.