The Holy Saviour Church (, also called ''Jezuitský kostol'',m or the Jesuit Church, is a
church building
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''Church'' is also ...
constructed in the 17th century on
Františkánske nám in the
Old Town
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of
Bratislava
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,
Slovakia
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.
It was originally built to serve as a protestant house of worship. Today the church belongs to the
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome. It was founded in 1540 ...
, known as the Jesuit Order.
Location
It is located immediately north of Bratislava's
Old Town Hall, at the edge of the city's principal square, Hlavné námestie.
History
The church was built from 1636 to 1638 as a place of worship for the city's growing community of German
protestants
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...
. By royal decree the church could not resemble a
Roman-Catholic
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house of worship in any way; so it was built without a
spire
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and with nothing at its entrance or on its facade to suggest the building's function.
Organ (Rieger 1924, opus 2273)
*fully pneumatic action
* ''Couplers:''
** III/II, III/I, II/I, III/P, II/P, I/P
** ''Super-octave couplers:'' Super III, Super III/II, Super III/I, Super III/P, Super II, Super II/I
** ''Sub-octave couplers:'' Sub III, Sub III/I, Sub II/I
* 2 combinations, Crescendo, Tutti, reeds off
See also
*
History of Bratislava
Bratislava (, ), currently the capital of Slovakia and the country's largest city, has existed for about a thousand years. Because of the city's strategic geographical location, it was an important European hub due to its proximity to the advance ...
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List of Jesuit sites
This list includes past and present buildings, facilities and institutions associated with the Society of Jesus. In each country, sites are listed in chronological order of start of Jesuit association.
Nearly all these sites have be ...
References
Roman Catholic churches in Bratislava
Jesuit churches in Slovakia
17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Slovakia
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