The Church of the Resurrection ( ro, Biserica Învierea Domnului) is a

Romanian Orthodox The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; ro, Biserica Ortodoxă Română, ), or Patriarchate of Romania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchates i ...

church located at 4 Augustin Bena Street,

Sebeș Sebeș (; German: ''Mühlbach''; Hungarian: ''Szászsebes''; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: ''Melnbach'') is a city in Alba County, central Romania, southern Transylvania. Geography The city lies in the Mureș River valley and straddles the rive ...

, Romania, is dedicated to the Feast of the Resurrection. Located on the left bank of the Sebeș River, the church was built by the local Orthodox community as its population increased in the early 19th century. Funding came from parishioners, aided by the efforts of Archpriest Zaharie Moga and his brother, Bishop

Vasile Moga Vasile Moga (; 1774 – October 17, 1845) was an Imperial Austrian ethnic Romanian bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church. A native of Sebeș, he was a parish priest for some years before being made bishop of Transylvania. The first Romanian to ...

. The cornerstone was laid in 1819 and continued with difficulty until 1824. At that point, the structure was largely complete, but the spire was not yet covered with brass sheeting, the

iconostasis In Eastern Christianity, an iconostasis ( gr, εἰκονοστάσιον) is a wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a Church (building), church. ''Iconostasis'' also refers to a portable icon stand t ...

was not painted, there were no doors or windows. By 1827, these deficiencies had been overcome. The church was consecrated the following year, with Bishop Moga participating in it.Description
at the Sebeș City Hall site The church is listed as a

historic monument A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, hist ...

by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: Județul Alba

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