Jesuit Church, Sibiu
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Jesuit Church ( ro, Biserica Iezuiților), otherwise the Church of the Holy Trinity (''Biserica Sfânta Treime''), is a Roman Catholic church located at 3 Piața Mare,
Sibiu Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...
,
Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
. Immediately adjacent to Brukenthal Palace, it is one of the most notable
baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including ...
churches in
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 A ...
. The church is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.
Carmen Iohannis Carmen Iohannis (also spelled Carmen Johannis; née Carmen Georgeta Lăzurcă) (born 2 November 1960) is the wife of Klaus Iohannis, the current President of Romania. She is an English teacher at the Gheorghe Lazăr National College in Sibiu ...
, the wife of president
Klaus Iohannis Klaus Werner Iohannis (; ; also spelled Johannis; born 13 June 1959) is a Romanian politician, physicist and former teacher who has been serving as the president of Romania since 2014. He became leader of the National Liberal Party (PNL) in 20 ...
, sings in the choir of this church.Klaus Iohannis, prezent la slujba de Rusalii
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See also

* Eyes of Sibiu * Gheorghe Lazăr National College, the former Jesuit Gymnasium of Sibiu * Sibiu Lutheran Cathedral * Council Tower of Sibiu * List of Jesuit sites


References

Religious buildings and structures in Sibiu 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Romania Baroque church buildings in Romania Jesuit churches in Romania Roman Catholic churches completed in 1733 Historic monuments in Sibiu County {{Romania-RC-church-stub