Holy Trinity Church ( ro, Biserica Sfânta Treime) is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 13 Parcul Traian Street,

Oradea Oradea (, , ; german: Großwardein ; hu, Nagyvárad ) is a city in Romania, located in Crișana, a sub-region of Transylvania. The county seat, seat of Bihor County, Oradea is one of the most important economic, social and cultural centers in the ...

, Romania. It is dedicated to the

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. The church was begun in 1692, after the loss of Ottoman control over the city during the

Great Turkish War The Great Turkish War (german: Großer Türkenkrieg), also called the Wars of the Holy League ( tr, Kutsal İttifak Savaşları), was a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League consisting of the Holy Roman Empire, Pola ...

, in favor of the

Habsburg monarchy The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...

. Originally a Roman Catholic church, it was initiated by

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Ágoston Benkovich and dedicated to Saint Bridget of Sweden. It was the first Catholic church outside the Oradea Citadel, located in the Olosig district. It burned in 1703 and was rebuilt in 1722. Ship-shaped, it has a pentagonal altar; the exterior features a small wooden tower. Initially Baroque in style, as seen in the pediment decorations, it is now Eclectic. The interior frescoes date to 1982–1985. After its Roman Catholic period, the church passed to the Ruthenian Greek Catholic community, who dedicated it to the Holy Spirit.Description
at the Oradea Tourism Office site Administered by the Oradea Mare Eparchy from 1786, it was controlled by the Hajdúdorog Eparchy between 1912 and 1919. The church was Greek-Catholic until 1948, when the new communist regime outlawed the denomination. The church is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: Județul Bihor

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*Agata Chifor, ''Oradea barocă''. Oradea: Editura Primus, 2018, ISBN 978-606-707-285-3 {{coord, 47.05687593654609, 21.936495284369364, format=dms, type:landmark_region:RO, display=title Buildings and structures in Oradea Historic monuments in Bihor County Romanian Orthodox churches in Romania Roman Catholic churches completed in 1722 Former Greek-Catholic churches in Romania 18th-century churches in Romania