The Namestovo church was first built somewhere between 1655 and 1658 in
Námestovo
Námestovo ( hu, Námesztó; pl, Namiestów) is a town in northern Slovakia. It is the capital and largest town of Námestovo District in the Žilina Region. its population was 7,827.
Etymology
The name is derived from a word ''námesta'' (a r ...
in what is now
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
. This was a chapel which now serves as an entry to the church. Later it was rebuilt and enlarged several times, after a great fire at the end of the 18th century. The church's first pastor was Ján Neborovini. Later Štefan Boczko ascended to this post. He was engaged in Piko's rebellion and he fled before punishment to
Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...
. In 1672, for the first time, Namestovo's pastorate was occupied by a catholic priest, Róbert Chmeľovsky, who was supported by Jesuit priests from
Lokca's pastorage. In 1706 a Protestant pastor named Jastrabini Fabianus occupied the church. The last Protestant pastor in Namestovo was Juraj Pixiades. Pastorage in Namestovo has been occupied by Catholic priests from 1711. During the fire that happened in the 18th century, the whole upper part of Namestovo and the roof of church were burned.
The church is devoted to the saints Simon and Juda, who are considered as patrons of the city and figure also on the city's
blazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image. The verb ''to blazon'' means to create such a description. The vi ...
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External links
Namestovo's official page3D Rendered Namestovo's church
Churches in Slovakia
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