Dormition of the Theotokos church in Brașov

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The Brașovechi Church, also known as "The Dormition of the Mother of God" Church (Brașovechi)" is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 47 Bisericii Române Street, Brașov, Romania. Located in the Brașovechi district, it is dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos. After the Patent of Toleration was issued in 1782, the Romanians of Brașov sent a number of petitions to the local and Viennese authorities, asking to build a church.

Ștefan Nicola, a wealthy merchant of Șcheii Brașovului and a Greek originally from Ioannina, promised a magistrate that he would pay the entire cost. As a result, a decree of October 1782 approved a “chapel” and adjacent cemetery near a barracks. The church was built in 1783, and its street was named after the church the same year.

The parish served the Romanian population living below the city walls. Made of brick and stone, the church is built in a late Baroque style, in a three-lobed shape. There is an altar apse and two side apses; these are polygonal on the exterior and semicircular on the interior.

The square western tower sits atop the vestibule, holding the bells. It was initially covered in tiles, replaced by brass plates in 1928. The tile roof is...