Saint Parascheva Church 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 ...

church in

Desești Desești ( hu, Desze) is a commune in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Desești, Hărnicești (''Hernécs'') and Mara (''Crăcești'' until 1956; ''Krácsfalva''). The commune's Saint Parascheva Church wa ...

Commune,

Maramureș County Maramureș County () is a county (județ) in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare. Name In Hungarian it is known as ''Máramaros megye'', in Ukrainian as Мараморо́щина, in German as ''Kreis Marmarosch' ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

. Built in 1770, it is one of eight buildings that make up the wooden churches of Maramureș

UNESCO World Heritage Site A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for ...

, and is also 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, his ...

by the country's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.

Gallery

File:DesestiMM (8).jpg, Side view Desești - Saint Parascheva Church UNESCO WHS (2023) - img 20.jpg, Church as approached from the entry DesestiMM (28).jpg, West tympanum of the nave: Tree of the Patriarchs DesestiMM (56).jpg, Crucifixion scene Desești - Saint Parascheva Church UNESCO WHS (2023) - img 12.jpg, Entry portal Desești - Saint Parascheva Church UNESCO WHS (2023) - img 10.jpg, Roof details Desești - Saint Parascheva Church UNESCO WHS (2023) - img 03.jpg, Gateway to the church

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Parascheva Church, Desesti Desesti Churches completed in 1770 18th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings Desesti Romanian Orthodox churches in Romania 1770 establishments in the Habsburg monarchy 18th-century establishments in Hungary